A graduate of Southfield High
School and Wayne State University,
Garvin did public relations and radio
work in Michigan before moving to
New York and then California, where
she advanced her screenwriring career.
At the same time that The Killing Yard
was being shot in Montreal, another
of her films, Time Out, a romantic
comedy, 1.vas being produced in
Europe, where it will be screened.
"The whole issue of how the law
enforcement community deals with
the minority community is still very
relevant as is the relationship between
blacks and Jews," says Garvin, who
was confirmed at Temple Israel.
Alda, of TV A/PA''S*1-1 fame and
now featured in the PBS series
Scientific American Frontiers, had been
sensitized to prison conditions some
25 years ago, when he was making a
film about a man confined to a Utah
corrections facility. That experience
convinced him that inmates are pun-
ished more than is set forth by law
because "they are subjected to cruel,
unrelenting treatment by powerful
inmates unchecked by guards."
"I think that the Attica story needs
to be told, especially now on the 30th
anniversary of the uprising," says Alda.
He researched his role by watching
tapes of Goodman and documentaries
about the Attica State Penitentiary.
"It's interesting that 30 years later,
the true story is so surprising and still
makes people angry that the stare
would try to cover up what was done
and almost get away with it.
_ 'Although I think its reprehensible to
take hostages, I can certainly understand
the desire to protest at Attica. At that
time, the prison had a lot of people who
were ordinary citizens except they had
been found with drugs, in some cases a
few ounces of marijuana. These were
people thrown into this very tough
place for a relatively minor [infraction]."
During filming, Alda met Freda
Goodman, Ernie's widow. While Alda's
own wife has a Jewish heritage that has
given him a strong, religious under-
standing, he did not feel that religion
was relevant to his portrayal.
"What emerges in the movie —
which I think is borne our by what I
read about Ernie and by him — is
that he seemed to be truly dedicated
to helping people who were on the
short end of the stick, if they asked for
his help," comments Alda.
"Ernie wasn't a missionary, but he
did want to make his expertise avail-
able to people who otherwise wouldn't
have access to the kind of expertise
available to people with power."
Bill Goodman, who works with
cases of social and racial justice, finds
the film very accurate in capturing
what he did. He regrets that prison
conditions still need reform.
"The script was quite true to the
reality of the time, and the perform-
ances were strong," says Goodman,
who recently moved away from
Michigan. "Although not covered in
the film, Jewish values and ethics were
an important part of my dad's work,
and that had a strong influence on me.
"He took on cases involving labor
rights, courts-martial and Vietnam
War protestors. My son, Jacob
Hurwitz-Goodman, spoke about his
grandfather and Jewish values for his
Workman's Circle bar mitzvah."
Ernie Goodman participated in the
Temple Emanu-El bar mitzvah services
for Markus Mandella Borus, now 21
and the son of Linda Borus and
Shango.
Linda Borus, raised in New York by
parents who escaped the Holocaust,
moved to Michigan after the trial. She
had started a relationship with Shango
during the court proceedings. The
couple never married and soon parted
ways — before Shango was murdered
in a crime that remains unsolved.
"I think the movie makes the
important political points," says
Borus. "It makes a strong point about
the brutality of the state in handling
inmates."
Freda Goodman was not represented
in the film, but she has seen it and is
impressed. Still a Detroiter, she was
scheduled to attend a screening in
New York with the stars. It was can-
celled due to last week's terrorist
attacks, but she will be attending the
local preview, where Garvin will speak.
"I think the film was very coura-
geous, and I believe Alan Alda does a
very credible piece of work,"
Goodman says. " I talked with Bonnie
while she was writing the film, and it
seems to be very accurate. If people
want to know more about my hus-
band's work, they can look in the
Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne
State University." ❑
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