Sam Brody

Sam Brody (1907 - 1987) was a founding member of the Workers Film and Photo League, an independent organization founded in 1931 to produced and present films documenting the Great Depression from a Marxist perspective. He is also known for his work as a photographer and film critic, and for his 15 year relationship with New York City painter Alice Neel.

Born on January 1, 1907 to Russian Jewish immigrant parents in England, Brody was raised in London, Paris, Richmond (VA) and New York City. In 1927 he married artist Claire Gebiner with whom he would have two children before the marriage ended in 1941. A son Julian was born in 1930 and a daughter Mady in 1937.

Brody took an early interest in political activism and documentary films. In May, 1930 he wrote in The Daily Worker what would become a rallying cry for left wing filmmakers:

In 1931 Brody and several others formed the Workers Film and Photo League, variously acting as cameramen, teachers and political theoreticians. In addition to his league activities, he was a regular contributor of film criticism and commentary to various left wing publications, including the Daily Worker and Experimental Cinema.

Brody

Brody (Ukrainian: Броди, Polish: Brody, Yiddish: בראָד, translit. Brod) is a city in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Brody Raion (district), and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv. Population: 23,784 (2013 est.).

Brody is the junction of the Druzhba and Odessa–Brody oil pipelines.

History

The first mention of a settlement on the site of Brody is dated 1084 (Instructions by Volodymyr Monomach). It is believed to have been destroyed by Batu Khan in 1241.

From 1441 Brody was the property of different feudal families (Jan Sieniński; from 1511, Kamieniecki).

Brody was granted Magdeburg rights and city status in 1584. At this time it was known under the name Lubicz (Любич, Polish: Lubicz) that gave name to the Lubicz coat of arms of the owner, Stanisław Żółkiewski (not to be confused with Lubech, Lubecz).

Since the 17th century, the city has been populated not only by Ukrainians and Poles, but also a significant number of Jews (70% of the town's population), Armenians, and Greeks. From 1629, the city became the property of Stanisław Koniecpolski, who ordered the construction of Brody Castle (1630–1635). The castle, or rather the fortress, was designed by the French military engineer Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan. In 1648, during the Cossack insurrection, the castle took eight weeks for Bohdan Khmelnytsky to capture. Notably, according to the book History of the Rus, the town′s Jewish population was spared after the sack. The Jews of Brody were found not to have been engaged in maltreatment of the Orthodox Christian (Rus) population and were only required to pay a "moderate tribute" in kind.

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Bródy is a Hungarian surname. The "ó" is a long o [oh] in Hungarian and the "y" indicates a "from": "from Bród".

Brody is a surname of Jewish origin, associated with the Ukrainian city of Brody. It is also a surname of Irish origin (while Brodie is a Scottish name).