Nina Feinberg

First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in style and sensibility but united by their opposition to the Vietnam War. Part of the protest festival Week of the Angry Arts, the epic compilation film incorporated minute-long segments which were sent from many corners of the country, spliced together and projected. The original presentation of the works was more of an open forum with no curation or selection, and in 2000 Anthology Film Archives preserved a print featuring around 40 films from over 60 submissions.

Until now, Isa Kremer has almost been forgotten. This extraordinary documentary recounts her remarkable story through a wealth of archival footage and photos as well as interviews with family members, friends and performing artist peers. The film traces her earliest years in pre-Revolutionary Russia through an eventful personal and professional life in Europe, the United States and South America. This multi-faceted portrait of a complex, passionate woman transcends both borders and time and provides a true lesson about the power of the arts.

First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in style and sensibility but united by their opposition to the Vietnam War. Part of the protest festival Week of the Angry Arts, the epic compilation film incorporated minute-long segments which were sent from many corners of the country, spliced together and projected. The original presentation of the works was more of an open forum with no curation or selection, and in 2000 Anthology Film Archives preserved a print featuring around 40 films from over 60 submissions.

Until now, Isa Kremer has almost been forgotten. This extraordinary documentary recounts her remarkable story through a wealth of archival footage and photos as well as interviews with family members, friends and performing artist peers. The film traces her earliest years in pre-Revolutionary Russia through an eventful personal and professional life in Europe, the United States and South America. This multi-faceted portrait of a complex, passionate woman transcends both borders and time and provides a true lesson about the power of the arts.