On Feb. 7, Sacramento State will be hosting “Intervals of Silence: Being Jewish in Germany,” a short documentary film that will be presented by filmmaker Deborah Lefkowitz. The screening will take place in Kadema Hall Room 145 at 5:30 p.m.

“Anytime you make a film, it?s just a tremendous amount of work,” said Elaine O? Brien, professor of art, who describes the amount of work Lefkowitz had to do with her current project.

The film, “Intervals of Silence,” gives an intimate look about Jewish life in present-day Germany, and what the frighteningly harsh legacy of what the Holocaust did to both Jewish and non-Jewish Germans. The film was set in a small town in Germany, and was extensively screened in both Germany and the United States.

In order to do this film, Lefkowitz had to interview 150 people who lived in that small town. O?Brien also said that during the lecture, Lefkowitz will provide slides and art installations from the film and her experience while in Germany.

A native of Los Angeles, Lefkowitz is a graduate of Harvard University and received her Master?s degree in 1981. She has also spent time touring the U.S. and Europe, mainly Austria and Germany, to film many of her projects.

Lefkowitz has done a number of TV and cable projects, as well, including “Letter to my Uncle,” which aired on the Learning Channel series “Ordinary People” in 1986, and was also seen in several other broadcast television stations in the U.S. Some of Lefkowitz?s other solo projects include two short film documentaries entitled, “Portrait of a Dancer” and “Movements from an Inner Monologue.”

Lefkowitz has spoken about her projects at many other colleges, including the University of Massachusetts, Michigan State University, and the University of Southern California. Lefkowitz has also spent time doing solo exhibitions, choreography, art installations, and has been involved in projects that were performed by high school students.

Among one of her projects performed was “Choreography for Six Unending Seconds: An Opening Night Performance,” which was performed by four high school students at the California Museum of Photography in Riverside.

Throughout her career, Lefkowitz has received many awards for her projects, including the Special Jury Award from the USA Festival in 1991, the Independent Filmmaker Award from the New England Film Festival in 1982, and she was Honoree at the Thomas A. Edison Black Maria Film Festival in 1983. Most recently, she has received critical praise from the Brighton Jewish Film Festival in 1998. Lefkowitz will be the visiting artist at Sac State in 2002.

Currently, she is exhibiting her work at UC Davis, and following her lecture at Sac State will display her work at the Neon Art Museum in Los Angeles.

For more information about her upcoming lecture, contact O? Brien at 278-5704, or by email at [email protected].