Dates

• Existence: 1948-

Biography

Marlene Booth was born in 1948 in Des Moines, Iowa, attending public school there and graduating from Roosevelt High School in 1966. During her childhood Booth's family lived in the old Jewish neighborhood near the former Jewish Community Center. When she was ten years old her family moved to the neighborhood near Roosevelt High School. She attended Beloit College in Wisconsin, graduating in 1970, and earned her M.F.A. in film at Yale. During her junior year in college she married Avi Soifer, with whom she has two children. Booth is an independent filmmaker who owns her own company, Raphael Films. Her 1998 film 'Yidl in the Middle' explores her memory of growing up Jewish in Middle America, which in her case is Des Moines, Iowa. This film was funded by a grant from the Iowa Humanities Board.

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