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Twenty-six seconds a personal history of the Zapruder film

The family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact, told by Zapruder's granddaughter, draws on personal records and previously sealed archive sources to trace the film's role in the media, courts, government, and arts community.

Main Author: Zapruder, Alexandra (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Twelve, 2016.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Barber, Kenneth F. tribute.
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963 > Assassination.
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963 > In motion pictures.
Zapruder, Abraham.
Memory > Political aspects > United States.
Motion pictures and history.
Summary: The family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact, told by Zapruder's granddaughter, draws on personal records and previously sealed archive sources to trace the film's role in the media, courts, government, and arts community.
Physical Description: viii, 472 pages : chiefly colored illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-456) and index.
ISBN: 9781455574810 (hardcover)
1455574813 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Alexandra Zapruder began her career on the founding staff of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. A graduate of Smith College, she later earned her Master's Degree in Education at Harvard University. She is the author of Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust , which won the National Jewish Book Award in the Holocaust category. She also served as the guest curator for an exhibition of original diaries at Holocaust Museum Houston. She wrote and co-produced I'm Still Here , a documentary film for young audiences based on Salvaged Pages , which was awarded the Jewish Image Award for Best Television Special by the National Foundation for Jewish Culture and was nominated for two Emmy awards. Alexandra has traveled around the country and spoken to thousands of teachers, students, and others about her work.

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