Filmmaker Laura Seltzer's guest appearances

Filmmaker Laura Seltzer

Conversations with B’nai B’rith

Jonathan Sarna

Paula Shoyer

Irving Berlin

Joe Posnanski

Harry Houdini

Eddie Cantor

John Brown

Babe Ruth

Lyn Julius

Erica Miller

Art Garfunkel

Jane Leavy

B'nai B'rith

Deborah Dash Moore

Seth Frantzman

OwlTail

In this episode, host and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin talks with Laura Seltzer-Duny, the documentary filmmaker behind “Nobody Wants Us,” the true story of Jewish refugees who sailed to Hampton Roads, Virginia in order to seek asylum from the Nazis in 1940. During a period when the United States was turning away large numbers of refugees, this group was allowed in the country thanks to the advocacy of a Newport News, Virginia lawyer named Jacob Morewitz. Morewitz was in fact a relative of Laura Seltzer-Duny’s on her mother’s side of the family. The film took eight years to make, and it tells a vital—and still relevant—story about immigration and asylum. Visit the film’s website at www.nobodywantsus.com for information about upcoming screenings, to schedule a community screening or to purchase the film for a school.

<p>In this episode, host and CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin talks with Laura Seltzer-Duny, the documentary filmmaker behind “Nobody Wants Us,” the true story of Jewish refugees who sailed to Hampton Roads, Virginia in order to seek asylum from the Nazis in 1940. During a period when the United States was turning away large numbers of refugees, this group was allowed in the country thanks to the advocacy of a Newport News, Virginia lawyer named Jacob Morewitz. Morewitz was in fact a relative of Laura Seltzer-Duny’s on her mother’s side of the family. The film took eight years to make, and it tells a vital—and still relevant—story about immigration and asylum.</p> <p>Visit the film’s website at <a href="http://www.nobodywantsus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nobodywantsus.com</a> for information about upcoming screenings, to schedule a community screening or to purchase the film for a school.</p>

Filmmaker Laura Seltzer on Her New Documentary "Nobody Wants Us"