Rosenwald, by Aviva Kempner, is a documentary about how Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant peddler who rose to head Sears, partnered with Booker T. Washington to build 5,400 Southern schools in African American communities in the early 1900s during the Jim Crow era. Rosenwald also built YMCAs and housing for African Americans to address the pressing needs of the Great Migration. The Rosenwald Fund supported great artists like Marian Anderson, Woo... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | UK only | 1 Month Free Trial | 10 Jan 2015 | 5328 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 68% |  Report: Broken Link |   |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 15 May 2026 | 5631 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 83% | Report: Broken Link | |
| IRELAND only | 1 Month Free Trial | 11 Mar 2015 | 4077 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 96% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 30 Mar 2026 | 671 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 94% | Report: Broken Link | |
![Its HD [Rosenwald]](/images/logos/icons/itshd.png){kind=icon} | WORLDWIDE | ? | 04 Aug 2017 | 3317 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 87% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 17 Oct 2023 | 503 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 38% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | Free Credit | 26 Aug 2014 | 153 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 48% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 09 May 2016 | 39 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 13% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 12 Dec 2023 | 25 | SD / TV | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 18% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 02 Nov 2017 | 169 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 22% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 18 Nov 2024 | 25 | SD / TV | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 13% | Report: Broken Link | |
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 22 Aug 2022 | 586 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Post | 85% |  Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | N/A | 22 Aug 2022 | 46 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Post | 15% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 22 Aug 2022 | 31 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Mail | 20% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 22 Aug 2022 | 6240 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Mail | 96% | Report: Broken Link | |
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 01 Aug 2014 | 310 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Post | 74% | Report: Broken Link | |
| UK only | N/A | 01 Aug 2014 | 19 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Post | 44% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 22 Aug 2022 | 770 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Mail | 20% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 01 Aug 2014 | 8713 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Mail | 93% | Report: Broken Link | |
Rosenwald, by Aviva Kempner, is a documentary about how Chicago philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, the son of an immigrant peddler who rose to head Sears, partnered with Booker T. Washington to build 5,400 Southern schools in African American communities in the early 1900s during the Jim Crow era. Rosenwald also built YMCAs and housing for African Americans to address the pressing needs of the Great Migration. The Rosenwald Fund supported great artists like Marian Anderson, Woody Guthrie, Langston Hughes, Gordon Parks, and Jacob Lawrence. Among those interviewed are civil rights leaders Julian Bond, Ben Jealous and Congressman John Lewis, columnists Eugene Robinson and Clarence Page, Cokie Roberts, Rabbi David Saperstein, Rosenwald school alumni writer Maya Angelou and director George C. Wolfe and Rosenwald relatives.
Leave your thoughts about Rosenwald.
| Baret NewsKam WilliamsA touching bio about a selfless, self-made billionaire who'd probably prefer to be remembered as a tireless proponent of the notion that black lives matter. |
| Chicago Daily HeraldDann GireRosenwald will reaffirm your faith in capitalism, compassion, community, diversity, social justice and the American dream. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonRevelatory biography of Rosenwald, whose beneficence made him an influence on much of 20th century American life. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohPhilanthropist and civil-rights advocate extraordinaire Julius Rosenwald is finally given a much-deserved spotlight in this informative but rambling documentary. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmWholly engaging from its first frame to its last, Rosenwald stands as an exemplary testament to the change that can occur when wealth, power and influence are utilized for the good of humanity. |
| Detroit NewsTom Long"Rosenwald" offers a compelling story of a man who obviously believed that giving is living. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA splendid history lesson celebrating a humanitarian too modest to seek public celebrations of his work. |
| SF WeeklySherilyn ConnellyRosenwald does veer into hagiography, and there's a sense his darker moments are glossed over, but the good works he did should be celebrated, and they're all the more meaningful now that the Voting Rights Act is under attack. |
| Chicago ReaderJ. R. JonesKempner has also interviewed people whose lives were shaped by Rosenwald's charity, and their cultural reminiscences give a strong feeling for what he was all about. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanRosenwald isn’t just a portrait of a great, selfless American and his powerful company, but an excavation of an ugly strain of our own history, and a reminder of what one person can do to uproot it. |
