Generations of Jewish Directors and the Struggle for America’s Soul

Sam B. Girgus is a retired professor of English and American Studies who has taught at the Universities of New Mexico, Alabama, Oregon, and Vanderbilt University. A recipient of a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship, he has written and published more than ten books on film, modernism, and American literature, thought, and culture.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Jewish Directors and the “The New Covenant”.- Chapter 2: William Wyler’s America.- Chapter 3: Sidney Lumet: The Long Struggle for Conscience and Social Justice.- Chapter 4: Steven Spielberg: American Redemption.