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She had begun imposing mul-
"He showed us the site of the
tiple images on her photography synagogue that had been de-
while growing up in Huntington stroyed by the Nazis. It was in
Woods and as a student at the center of town, where there's
Berkley High School. She a white stone wall with a garden
watched many foreign films at lo- to demarcate the land that held
cal movie theaters.
the building. We drove to the
"I was imposing a narrative edge of town, and they showed
idea on a lot of my photography me where the house with the He-
and graphic work, and realized I brew school had been.
had the inner makings of a film-
"I wanted to relate to that his-
maker," she said.
tory and to think of myself as be-
She earned her master of fine ing part of that land. Part of my
arts degree from New York Uni- internal yearning is to know that
versity Graduate Film School in world. I questioned if, as a Jew, I
1979. Her thesis film, The Im- still have a Russian soul, and I
portant Thing, won the Cine Ea- think I do.
gle Award, the MOBIL Film
`The moment I arrived in Min-
Award and first prize at the sk, I felt a connection. The hotel
Houston International Film Fes- we stayed in was a block away
from where the Jewish ghetto
had been during the war and
next to a memorial to all of the
many thousands of Jews who had
been massacred during the war.
This reality was with me every
second of my trip.
When Ms. Borin travels
through Russia, she needs the
tival, all in 1981.
help of translators. She views
From 1982-88, she was a news some foreign films wearing head-
film editor for "20/20" on ABC, sets so she can hear the dialogue
where she was assistant editor in English, and she watches oth-
and sound editor for more than er films that have subtitles.
50 short-subject documentaries,
"After spending so much time
ultimately winning an Emmy for there, I'm just beginning to un-
sound editing.
derstand the Russian language,"
Ms. Bonin, a past president of she said. ❑
the New York Film and Video
Council, has served as juror for
both Emmy and Cine awards as
well as a media evaluator for the
Michigan Council for the Arts.
During her last visit to Russia,
SRO Productions, sponsored by
Ms. Bonin stayed six weeks, set- the city of Southfield and the Se-
ting aside time to pursue anoth- nior Arts League, will present
er interest she considers vital — WSRO on the Air III, a play
getting in touch with her her- which brings back the days of ra-
itage.
dio during the 1940s.
"My brother Jeffrey had been
Production dates are Fridays
researching the family history and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and
and finding out about the towns Sundays at 2 p.m., on the first
that my grandparents and great- three weekends of August with
grandparents had cone from," ex- a 2 p.m. matinee on Aug. 19.
plained Ms. Bonin, whose
Plays are held in the historic
religious studies were at Con- church located at the corner of
gregation Shaarey Zedek in Civic Center Drive and Berg
Southfield.
Road.
"He had been corresponding
Ticket prices are $7 for the
with an archeologist who had con- general public and $6 for chil-
ducted a dig in the town where
dren under 12 and senior adults.
my grandmother was born. One
of the men who worked on this
dig 20 years ago is now head of a
work farm there.
"I went to the town with the
archeologist and his associate,
and it was like a trip of a lifetime The Cultural Arts Division of the
because it brought so much depth city of Southfield Parks and
and value to my understanding Recreation Department will pre-
of that area. The man who had sent the Dick Murphy Big Band
worked on the dig recognized the on Sunday, July 30, at 7 p.m. as
archeologist and stopped to talk, part of the free Sun Bowl Con-
and this is how I found out there cert Series. The performance will
was some connection to my fam- take place at the Prudential Sun
Bowl behind the 3000 building
ily.
"I told him the names of my of the Prudential Town Center.
Concert-goers are encouraged
family, and he remembered hear-
ing about them. He remembered to bring lawn chairs or blankets
his mother telling him about the for their comfort. In case of rain,
Hebrew school my great-grand- the concert will move indoors to
father had built on the side of his the atrium of the 2000 building
of the Town Center.
house.

From
Berkley High
to St. Petersburg.

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