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Seeking independence from Spain, Cubans migrated to Florida over 150 years ago. Mario Garcia Menocal, former Cuban president, exiled in Miami Beach to overthrow the power[...]
2021 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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Miami Beach was an attraction for affluent people to entertain themselves through leisure activities. Anti-Semitism from the locals led the Jewish community to be isolate[...]
2021 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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Anita Bryant’s anti-gay campaign spoke out about fears that homosexuals were recruiting and corrupting children, comparing them to prostitutes and thieves. Children were [...]
2021 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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Arlene Amarant and Russell Galbut detail the areas of Miami Beach where the Jewish community had businesses in and lived. Many Jewish people traveled to Miami Beach for j[...]
2021 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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The historic culture of Miami Beach advertised to welcome and entertain those who were White. The African American community had a different experience of segregation and[...]
2021 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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The impact and influence of Morris Lapidus is relayed through interviews with architects Ira Giller and Robert Swerdroe, as well as writer Clotilde Luce. Included are the[...]
2021 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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Artist and architect Ken Treister discusses the design and creation of the Miami Beach Holocaust Memorial. He details the meaning behind elements of the memorial and desc[...]
2021 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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Kenneth Treister recalls his childhood and how Miami Beach developed over time. Since he was young, he had an interest in art and liked to combine that with his love for [...]
2021-07-22 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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Jud Kurlancheek began working in Miami Beach as a planner in 1970, and he advanced to be the planning director. The city struggled financially and had a redevelopment pla[...]
2021-06-30 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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Nicole Henry started singing in a gospel choir at the University of Miami where she studied advertising and theater. After graduating, she learned about the music industr[...]
2021-06-20 | Moving Image | Miami Beach Visual Memoirs|Florida International University |
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Beginning in 2011, the Miami Beach Visual Memoirs Project was funded by the Visitors and Convention Authority of the City of Miami Beach. Grant partners were Close-Up Productions and the Miami Design Preservation League. The interviewer was Kathy Barber Hersh, a seasoned journalist and oral historian.The videographer was Carl Hersh, an Emmy-Award-winning, former ABC News cameraman. The Hershes are documentary filmmakers who specialize in historic subjects. Whenever possible the interviewees were recorded in front of a green screen so that subsequent users of the material may be able to place the interviewees over a background of their own choosing. Interviewees were selected to cover as wide a range of time and subject matter as possible within the budgetary scope of the project. There are many more people worthy of being interviewed. It is hoped the archive will continue to grow, capturing more stories about the people and places of this remarkable and ever-changing city.