Robin Hirsch and Michael Jacobsohn's
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Robin Hirsch is a former Oxford, Fulbright, and English-Speaking Union Scholar, who has acted, directed, taught, published, and produced on both sides of the Atlantic. But the titles of which he is proudest were self-bestowed: Minister of Culture, Wine Czar, and Dean of Faculty at the Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village, which he opened in 1977 with two other artists, Irish-American actor Charles McKenna and Argentinean-Italian-Canadian painter and sculptor, Raphael Pivetta. Under his various titles, he produced some 700 events a year in every conceivable genre—and quite a few inconceivable ones.
Michael Jacobsohn: I began making award-winning movies as a teenager at the Henry Street Settlement Movie Club, a film workshop in the Lower Eastside of New York, in the late 60s. My 16mm films have been shown nationally and internationally and are in the Lincoln Center for the Performance Arts permanent collection. I was a staff editor at ABC News and Sports, for 28 years, Where I was awarded a duPont-Columbia award and a George Polk award. For sports, I received an Emmy. Since leaving ABC News, I have made several short films, and I am now in the process of completing my fourth full length documentary: Cornelia Street Cafe In Exile
Please contribute to helping me complete the documentary and to share it with the public The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) -a 501(c)- is the film’s fiscal sponsor, allowing for a tax deductible donation.
The Cornelia Street Cafe In Exile, has received funding from (NYSCA) New York State Council On The Arts.
To find out more, get in touch with Michael Jacobsohn: mjacobs2008@gmail.com
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