Life of Menachem Begin Offers Messages on Leadership Today
The 25
th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival kicks off on Monday, February 8, and this year will feature “
Upheaval: The Journey of Menachem Begin
,” a film executive produced by Coloradan, Rob Schwartz.
With no prior filmmaking experience, Schwartz, a Denver businessman and philanthropist and the visionary behind the film, started on this journey four years ago, after reading, “
The Prime Ministers” by Yehuda Avner. He was struck by the story of the complex, controversial, and often misunderstood leader whose messages of morality, unity, social justice, and compromise, are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago. And he was surprised that there were no English language films about Begin.