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WRITING:
BIRD BY BIRD: ANNE LAMOTT
RAY BRADBURY
WRESTLING WITH ANGELS
SCREENWRITERS:
CARL FOREMAN
WILLIAM GOLDMAN
PAUL MAZURSKY
ELEANOR PERRY
NEIL SIMON
ROBERT TOWNE
MUSIC:
AARON COPLAND PORTRAIT
NEVER GIVE UP: HERBERT ZIPPER
SING!
PORTRAIT OF ZUBIN MEHTA
TO BE A MUSICIAN SERIES
ARTISTS:
EYES OF DON BACHARDY
INTERREGNUM/GROSZ
MAYA LIN
MIRIAM WOSK
WORLD ACCORDING TO DORA
BIOGRAPHY:
LILLIAN GISH
LEGEND OF MARILYN MONROE
ROSE KENNEDY
MEDICINE:
FIGHTING FOR LIFE
TO LIVE OR LET DIE
WAR:
A TIME OUT OF WAR
RETURN WITH HONOR
WAR HUNT
LIBRARY FILMS:
INTO THE FUTURE
SLOW FIRES
THE JAPAN PROJECT:
MADE IN AMERICA
MADE IN JAPAN
MOVIES:
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, USA
LOS ANGELS
THEY WENT THAT-A-WAY

Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper

Written and Directed by Terry Sanders
Produced by Freida Lee Mock & Terry Sanders
40 Minutes

Oscar Nominated
Herbert Zipper, ConductorThe extraordinary story of Vienna born musician and conductor Herbert Zipper who survived Dachau, Buchenwald, and a Japanese concentration camp to become one of the great music educators of the world, continuing at 92 to bring music to the inner city schools of America.

In Dachau, Zipper organized secret concerts using makeshift instruments. He learned the lesson that music and the arts are essential to the very existence of life. For the last half of the 20th century, Zipper has pioneered in bringing professional orchestras into America's inner city schools.

Awards & Honors
"We see in the attentive eyes of his pupils that Herbert Zipper teaches more than music. Never Give Up is an elegant tribute to the indomitable character of this 92 year old composer and conductor"
– Katty Kavanaugh
San Francisco International Film Festival
Academy Award® Nomination, Best Documentary Short Film, 1996
U.S. Holocaust Museum, Special Screening
Golden Spire, San Francisco Film Festival
Gold Award, Charleston Film Festival
Silver Apple Award, National Education Media Network
Chicago International Film Festival
International Documentary Congress Selection
Hawaiian International Film Festival
The Bronze Plaque, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
Best Documentary Short, Santa Barbara International Film Festival
David Wolper Documentary Film Prize, Wine Country Film Festival
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