Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

73 mins | Documentary, History | Sept. 10, 2010

Brooklyn-born Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24. She defied tradition in an extraordinary career that spanned several decades. The first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935, Ruth also traveled to Alaska as a member of the Roosevelt administration in 1942, escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946, and documented the Haganah ship 'Exodus' in 1947. Her relationships with world leaders gave her unique access and insight. This documentary interweaves verite scenes with archival footage.

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

73 mins | Documentary, History | Sept. 10, 2010

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Brooklyn-born Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24. She defied tradition in an extraordinary career that spanned several decades. The first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935, Ruth also traveled to Alaska as a member of the Roosevelt administration in 1942, escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946, and documented the Haganah ship 'Exodus' in 1947. Her relationships with world leaders gave her unique access and insight. This documentary interweaves verite scenes with archival footage.
Producers Reel Inheritance Films
Original title Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Directors Robert Richman
Writers

Cast

Ruth Gruber

as Herself

Louisa Herz Leopold

as Herself

Dava Sobel

as Herself

Lee Taylor

as Herself

Harold L. Ickes

as Himself

Tom Segev

as Himself

Ike Aronowitz

as Himself

Mordechai Rossman

as Himself

Eli Wallach

as Mordechai Rossman (voice)

Therese Plummer

as Young Ruth (voice)