Fellowships

Laurel Vlock Filmmaker-In-Residence Fellowship

Laurel Fox Vlock grew up in New Haven, Connecticut. As a television journalist she produced many interviews for Channel 8 in New Haven including a documentary about the Yom Hashoah observance in 1978. Realizing the power of survivor testimony, Laurel Vlock initiated a meeting with Dr. Dori Laub, a child survivor and psychiatrist. It resulted in a taping session in Dr. Laub’s office that marked the beginning of the Holocaust Survivors Film Project. She participated in 187 taping sessions and produced several edited programs based on the testimonies including the Emmy award winning "Forever Yesterday." In her honor, we have started a fellowship that supports filmmakers to produce a series of films based on testimonies from the Fortunoff Video Archive.

For more information on the films being produced by our Vlock fellows, visit the Vlock Film Series page.