Norman Fruchter is an American writer, filmmaker, and academic.
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Born | 1937 (age 84–85) |
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Alma mater | Rutgers University |
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Institutions | New York University |
He graduated from Rutgers University, in 1959, where he edited the literary magazine,[1] Anthologist.
He was arrested protesting with CORE and James Farmer, Bayard Rustin, Rev. Donald Harrington, and Michael Harrington, at the 1964 New York World's Fair.[2] From 1960 to 1962, he served as assistant to the editor of New Left Review.[3] He was an editor at Studies on the Left, (1959–1967).[4]
Prior to becoming a member of Newsreel which was founded in 1967, Fruchter and Robert Machover made 'Troublemakers', an award-winning documentary about an organizing effort by members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)in the Black wards of Newark, New Jersey.[5] As part of their mission to instigate social change, members of Newsreel would present films to political organizations and community groups across the United States.[6] The retrospective, Exit Art / The First World had Newsreel members Norman Fruchter, Roz Payne and Lynn Phillips discuss the films.[7] He was a member of SDS along with Tom Hayden, Jesse Allen, Robert Kramer, also full-time organizers for the group: Carol Glassman; Terry Jefferson; Constance Brown; Corinna Fales; and Derek Winans. He was investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee.[8] He co-founded and co-directed Independence High School, an alternative high school for drop-outs in Newark, New Jersey, throughout most of the 1970s.
He recommended Christine Choy to the Newsreel group, after meeting her at Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey.[9][10]
He was a member of School Board 15, in Brooklynfrom 1983–94. He helped to form Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which sued the city of New York over inadequate school funding. He co-founded and headed the Institute for Education and Social Policy at New York Universityfrom 1987–1996.[11][12]
He married Rachel G. Fruchter (d. July 12, 1997), who was member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology State University of New York for nearly 25 years.[13] After her untimely death he married Heather Lewis, a former Newsreel member and school board colleague. Fruchter has two children, Lev (born 1967) and Chenda (born 1968) and four grandchildren: Zoe and Ella Fruchter and Jack and Benjy Fives.
He won the first Edward Lewis Wallant Award.[14] His documentary, "Troublemakers" was selected for premiere screening at the New York Film Festival and subsequently featured at film festivals around the world.
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