ENTERTAINMENT
Channel 56, Detroit Public Schools,
Mayor Young's Re-election Commis-
sion and the State Bar of Michigan?
The answer, according to Marx's ex-
periences, is a lot of hard work and
the ability to take risks. Making films
wasn't part of her original career
plans.
"I started out to be an English,
speech and journalism teacher. I
taught school first in Oak Park when
I moved here from East Chicago, hid.,
then I taught in Royal Oak. In the
meantime I worked on my graduate
degree in sociology at Wayne State
University. I also started modeling
and became interested in
photography. I got good at that and
became a photojournalist," she said.
Then she and writer Margery
Levin formed a public relations com-
pany, which has since closed, but it
opened new doors for Marx.
"We got involved in the city of
Detroit politics, particularly black
politics, and met a whole new group
of people who were very interesting
and very dynamic. That's when we
came up with the idea of a black-
hosted television show," she
explained.
This program eventually became
Profiles in Black. It premiered on
Channel 4 and was on for more than
nine years. Both Marx and Levin
worked on the show.
"We looked at every walk of life
from the Stevie Wonders to the maids
in the suburbs," Marx continued. "We
would shoot the program in their
homes and spend an entire Saturday
A movie camera has become a trademark for Sue Marx.
editing the program. I loved the work.
I got absolutely hooked."
That experience led her to take
film production courses at Wayne.
Among her first filming attempts
then were a public relations film for
the World Medical Relief Organiza-
tion and a film on an artist who is a
Holocaust survivor.
Then Marx applied for, and got, a
grant which enabled her to make her
first successful film. It was about local
potter John Glick. She followed
through with more films on area ar-
tists and three of them became a
30-minute film that has been broad-
cast on national television. It features
as Young at Heart, the documentary Glick, sculptor Michael Hall and
SUSAN TAUBER-HYKE
film about the romance betwen two Carole Morisseau and the Detroit Ci-
Special to The Jewish News
widowed Detroit-area artists in their ty Dance Company.
ue Marx works in a two- mid-80s, and the Michigan Ses-
From then on, Marx considered
room office just a few quicentennial commercials you're herself a cinematographer. She got
blocks east of the Ren- likely to see on television. Marx also herself an office and went to work.
aissance Center. These is the mastermind behind such films
Marx now can look back over the
two tiny rooms don't hem as No Law Without Lawyers, This is
past
15 years in the filmmaking world
in the creative talent of the woman My Home — This is Detroit, John Glick
and admit she's a success. "We've won
Touch
and
—
An
Artist
and
His
Work
behind Sue Marx Films, Inc. If
anything, they give her space to of Glass. This is only a partial list of lots of awards and are successful
financially. I think success has come
release her award-winning abilities her productions that have garnered
because Pam and I are good at film-
awards.
on reel after reel of film.
ing documentaries. We have a par-
So
how
does
a
nice
Jewish
lady
Marx is a known commodity in
ticular talent with people. If a person
get
to
be
a
producer
and
writer
of
Detroit. A Detroit resident since she
wants that for a film, then chances
moved here in 1952, she and her cultural and promotional films and
are good we'll get the job," said the
associate producer Pamela Conn are documentaries for a list of clients that
woman who's been married to her
includes
Sinai
Hospital,
WTVS
responsible for such recent successes
Roll ‘E
Local filmmaker Sue Marx
is gaining national recognition
from her films
.
S
GOING PLACES
WEEK OF OCT. 16 - 23
SPECIAL EVENTS
BORDER LINES FESTIVAL
Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200
Woodward, readings by U.S. and
Canadian writers, 3 p.m.
Saturday; Auditorium of The Art
Gallery of Windsor, 7:30 p.m.
today and Thursday, admission,
833-1858.
WEST BLOOMFIELD PARKS
AND RECREATION
Marshbank Metropark, Hiller Rd.,
Bonfire/Hayride, 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
free, 334-5660.
MUSIC
DETROIT INSTITUTE
OF ARTS
5200 Woodward, Detroit, Brunch
With Bach, 10 and 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, admission, 832-2730.
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL
SOCIETY
University of Michigan, Rackham
Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Zurich
Chamber Orchestra, 4 p.m.
Sunday, admission, 764-2538.
NOONTIME CONCERTS
Downtown Library, 121 Gratiot,
concert, 12:15 p.m., free.
MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE
Fisher Theatre, Detroit, Falstaff 8
p.m. today and Saturday,
admission, 874-SING.
FOLKTOWN
Southfield Civic Center, Parks and
Recreation Building, 26000
Evergreen, Bob Bossin, 8 p.m.
Saturday; Rosalie Gerut and Jeff
Warschauer, admission, 855-9848.
MUSIC STUDY CLUB
Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward,
Detroit, violinist Corey Cerovsek,
coloratura soprano Daniela
Sikora, 3 p.m. this Sunday (correct
date), admission, 356-0187.
ANN ARBOR CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor,
violinist Daniel Heifetz, 8 p.m.
Saturday, admission, 966-0066.
OPERA LITE
Oakland Community College,
Orchard Ridge Campus, Wallace F.
Smith Theatre, Orchard Lake Rd.,
The Pirates of Penzance, 8 p.m.
Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday,
admission, 471-7700.
MUSIC HALL CENTER FOR
THE PERFORMING ARTS
350 Madison, Detroit, The Boys
Choir of Harlem, 8 p.m. Saturday,
admission, 963-7622.
LYRIC CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
Edsel and Eleanor Ford House,
1100 Lakeshore Dr, Grosse Pointe
Shores, vocal concert, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, admission, 357-1111.
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