Suzanne Wasserman

Suzanne Wasserman is a graduate of New York University with a Ph.D in American History. Currently she is Associate Director of the Gotham Center for New York City History at the CUNY, Graduate Center.

THUNDER IN GUYANA is Wasserman’s first film. She received grants from NYSCA, the Open Society Documentary Film Fund, the Director John Sayles, the Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund, The Harburg Foundation and the Samuel Rubin Foundation to complete the film.

Wasserman has taught courses in Museum Studies, Women Studies, Urban Studies, American History and World History. She has also published widely on topics ranging from Lower East Side housing to the Jewish silent screen actress Theda Bara. As public historian she has worked on projects for the Jewish Museum, City Lore, the Tenement Museum, Henry Street Settlement, Clio, Inc. and Steeplechase Films. (09/03)

Thunder in Guyana
A film by Suzanne Wasserman, 2003, 50 min., Color/BW
THUNDER IN GUYANA is the remarkable tale of Janet Rosenberg, a young woman from Chicago who married Guyanese activist Cheddi Jagan, and set off for th...