Ivy Meeropol
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Ivy Meeropol is the director and producer of the 2004 documentary Heir to an Execution. She is the daughter of Michael Meeropol
and Ann Karus Meeropol and granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
, and adoptive granddaughter of Abel Meeropol
(pen name: Lewis Allan) author of "Strange Fruit
" and "The House I Live In
". A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College
, she served as a legislative aide to Congressman
Harry Johnston
(D-FL).
Meeropol produced her film, Heir to an Execution, to explore her family's conflicted views of the Rosenbergs' trial and subsequent execution. The film was featured at the Sundance Film Festival
.
Ivy Meeropol recently directed a six-part documentary series for the Sundance Channel entitled The Hill
. It features the intense work of four young staff members at the office of Congressman Robert Wexler
(D-FL) as they respond to the crushing electoral defeat in the 2004 presidential election. The documentary aired on the Sundance Channel in August and September 2006.
Michael Meeropol
Michael Meeropol is a retired professor of economics. He is the older son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Born in New York City, as Michael Rosenberg, Meeropol spent his early childhood living in New York and attending local school there. His father Julius, an electrical engineer, was a member of...
and Ann Karus Meeropol and granddaughter of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg were American communists who were convicted and executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war. The charges related to their passing information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union...
, and adoptive granddaughter of Abel Meeropol
Abel Meeropol
Abel Meeropol was an American writer and song-writer, best known under his pseudonym Lewis Allan and as the adoptive father of the young sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.-Biography:...
(pen name: Lewis Allan) author of "Strange Fruit
Strange Fruit
"Strange Fruit" is a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday, who released her first recording of it in 1939, the year she first sang it. Written by the teacher Abel Meeropol as a poem, it exposed American racism, particularly the lynching of African Americans. Such lynchings had occurred...
" and "The House I Live In
The House I Live In
The House I Live In is a ten-minute short film written by Albert Maltz, produced by Frank Ross and Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Frank Sinatra...
". A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
, she served as a legislative aide to Congressman
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
Harry Johnston
Harry Johnston (politician)
Harry A. Johnston II is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida. He is a member of the Democratic Party....
(D-FL).
Meeropol produced her film, Heir to an Execution, to explore her family's conflicted views of the Rosenbergs' trial and subsequent execution. The film was featured at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
.
Ivy Meeropol recently directed a six-part documentary series for the Sundance Channel entitled The Hill
The Hill (TV series)
The Hill is a documentary series on the Sundance Channel. In the show Florida Congressman Robert Wexler opens his office doors to the cameras to expose the heated matters facing his constituents today...
. It features the intense work of four young staff members at the office of Congressman Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler
Robert Wexler is the president of the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.Wexler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing , from 1997 until his resignation on January 3, 2010.-Early life:Wexler was born in Queens, New York to Sonny and...
(D-FL) as they respond to the crushing electoral defeat in the 2004 presidential election. The documentary aired on the Sundance Channel in August and September 2006.