Daniel Robin

The Rabbi and Cesar Chavez
Daniel Robin
13 min
2010

Synopsis: While driving through the sprawling farm land in Bakersfield, California the filmmaker presses his father to revisit the time when he was a small town Rabbi fighting along side the legendary union organizer Cesar Chavez for farm worker’s rights. The Rabbi and Cesar Chavez is a road trip movie about family mythology, social justice, an assassination plot on Cesar Chavez that was buried in history, and how a son finds a brief moment in his father’s past when he became a hero.

Selected Festivals:
Nashville Film Film Festival,
Florida Film Festival,
East End Film Festival (London)

my olympic summer
Daniel Robin
12 min
2008

Synopsis: my olympic summer chronicles the subterranean currents of the filmmaker’s parents’ young marriage, set againt he historical backdrop of the taking of hostages at the Munich Olympic games of 1972. Their story indirectly parallels and comments on the filmmaker’s own recent failed marriage in this exploration of how we perceive homemovies.

Selectedt Festivals:
Sundance: Jury Prize for Short Filmmaking
New Directors/New Films
IDFA: Nominated for IDFA Academy Award
Florida Film Festival: Grand Jury Award Best Documentary Short
Nashville Film Festival: Best Documentary Short
Ann Arbor Film Festival: Honorable Mention
Black Maria Film Festival: Directors Choice
Indielisboa Film Festival: Onda Curta Award
Brooklyn Arts Council Film Festival: Best Documentary Short
Aspen Film Festival
True/False Film Festival
London Film Festival
Full Frame Film Festival