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Documentary Screening: The Levys of Monticello


Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Sinclair Conference Center, Room 12-116

A screening & discussion of the 2022 documentary, directed by Steven Pressman – This film documents the history of the Levy family and how they saved Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello residence from ruin.  Over the course of their 90 years of ownership, the Levy family endured the brunt of antisemitism, while also being confronted by the strain of slavery that existed at Monticello before the Civil War.

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Documentary Screening: The Levys of Monticello


Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Campus: Dayton
Location: Sinclair Conference Center, Room 12-116

A screening & discussion of the 2022 documentary, directed by Steven Pressman – This film documents the history of the Levy family and how they saved Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello residence from ruin.  Over the course of their 90 years of ownership, the Levy family endured the brunt of antisemitism, while also being confronted by the strain of slavery that existed at Monticello before the Civil War.

REGISTER HERE

VIEW TRAILER HERE