Heather Tenzer comes from New York City. She received her BA in English Literature from Oberlin College in Ohio. Before coming to Stanford she worked as a writer and reporter. She also worked on directing an independent documentary film about the inequitable distribution of water among Jews and Arabs living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel.

The Space In Between
digital video
19:25 min.

Sitting on her living room sofa in Woodstock, NY, Ellen heals a man 20,000 miles, and three time zones away from her. How does she do it? The Space In Between examines how four different healers ”channel" energy to people in pain.

Growing up Zionist
16mm, color film
7:22 min.

The filmmaker, an American Jew, witnesses Palestinian suffering first-hand on a visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. She tries to reconcile what
she sees with her own Jewish values.

FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS:

• Flicker Film Festival, 2003
• Leeds Underground Film Festival (UK), 2003

The Revolution Begins at Home
Co-directed by Dan Bree and Heather Tenzer
digital video
9:30 min.

Leftist radicals who believed in an armed struggle, Karen and Jody were on the run from the FBI for more than a decade. The Revolution Begins at Home chronicles their plans to break political prisoners out of jail, their flight to evade arrest and their long years underground.

Mensch
16mm, black and white film
3:30 min.

Can a nice Hasidic woman find her soulmate before she is over the hill? At 23, Aviva, has been on a number of traditional dates pre-arranged for her by matchmakers. But while all of her friends are now married with children, Aviva remains single.

FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS:

• Next Frame Film Festival, 2003