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One of those
films, Riot, starring
Cicely Tyson and
Luke Perry, reflects
how. deeply the
Detroit riots of 1967
affected Winer, ulti-
mately impelling a
filmed exploration of
the issues.
"Although my
film was-located in
Los Angeles at the
time of the Rodney
King verdict and
the Los Angeles
riots in the early
'90s, certainly the
struggles of
[Detroit's] inner
city informed the
production," he
They're just wild about Harry. The Winer family, clockwise
explains.
from top left: The filmmaker's mother, Melba; Harry; wife
Of all the movies
Shelly Hack; daughter Devon Rose; his father, Sidney; and
Winer has made,
sister Susan.
Jeremiah was the
most complex to
reading about many different religions
work out. Made in Morocco, it
and trying to find the cord that ties
involved people of different origins
them all."
and languages, which necessitated a
Winer's interest in filmmaking,
group of translators.
unlike his interest in spiritual identity,
"Instead of resisting all the prob-
began as a fluke.
lems I was having, I tried to use
While a history major at U-M, the
them," Winer says. "Jerusalem was a
Mumford High School graduate con-
cosmopolitan community in the cross-
vinced his Zeta Beta Tau brothers and
roads of the world at the time [depict-
a sorority to create a musical for a
ed in the film], and what I was experi-
weekend of special events.
encing while making . the movie was
"Although I was intent upon law
not unlike the process of doing busi-
and actually entered law school,
ness in that region [during ancient
something about that experience res-
times].
onated," he recalls. "At that time I
"I think the different techniques
saw a couple of movies like 2001,
that the different craftspeople used as
which made me realize how univer-
a consequence of coming from differ-
sal a language movies could be and
ent areas also led toward a certain style
how much they could make people
that is not traditionally American and
think.
adds to the exotic feeling of the world
"It was a time of social change, and
that we created.
I saw film as the means to speak cross-
"From the first time I went to Israel
culturally to many people.
with my family in the early '70s, I've
"I left law school and went to the
found myself drawn to the region, our
University of Southern California to
heritage and stories that had actually
do graduate work in film. One of my
taken place in the area, and I'm proud
projects won me a fellowship at the
of having re-created that world [of the
American Film Institute, and I got my
past]." ❑
entree into the Hollywood film corn-
munity.
"Shortly thereafter, I pulled
In conjunction with Federation's
together some money with a friend
Centennial Celebration, Harry
and wrote and directed a script pro-
Winer will introduce a preview
duced by an actress friend. We sold
showing of Jeremiah at 7:30 p.m.
it to ABC as an after-school special,
Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Maple
One of a Kind, and it becarrie my
Theatre in Bloomfield Hills.
calling card.
Admission is free, but call to
"I started working in series television
reserve tickets, (248) 642-4260,
to get more experience and went on to
Ext. 201.
features and movies for television."
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