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Liberty Heights is a 1999 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s. The film portrays the racial injustices experienced both by the Jewish and African-American populations.
Dec 31, 1999 · Liberty Heights: Directed by Barry Levinson. With Adrien Brody, Ben Foster, Orlando Jones, Bebe Neuwirth. Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law.
Dec 10, 1999 · Liberty Heights. Baltimore, 1954. Integration is the law of the land, and none too soon for Ben Kurtzman and his best pals, who are freshmen in high school. They regard the sign outside a municipal swimming pool: "No Jews, dogs or colored." Dogs they understand.
In "Liberty Heights," his fourth Baltimore-based film, Levinson pores over the social traumas and cultural trivia of 1950s America as reflected in his native...
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben (Ben...
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This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions.
Rating. Drama. In the tradition of "Diner," "Tin Men," and "Avalon," Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson ("Man of the Year," "Sphere") continues with this story of 1950s Baltimore -- a period...
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions.
May 8, 2020 · In exploring the foibles and contradictions inherent to American Judaism in the 1950s, Liberty Heights doesn’t aim to skewer anything. Instead, it offers a lovingly realistic portrait of Jews...
U.S. News has named Liberty Heights a Best Senior Living community for independent living, assisted living, memory care based on surveys of residents and their family members.
