Jack Garfein on Life and Acting

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 17, 2011

Jack Garfein first arrived in America as a teenage Holocaust survivor with little more than his love of the theater. He has since risen to the top of his profession. Film Forum’s A Tribute to Jack Garfein includes screening two films directed by him, “The Strange One” and “Something Wild ” and a documentary about him, “A Journey Back” on March 20 and 21. In Life and Acting, Garfein distills his more than sixty years of experience in the worlds of theater and film, offering tips to young actors as well as detailed lessons on acting techniques for the stage.

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