Interview: Howard Wexler talks about his father Sy Wexler, maker of educational films, who died last week at age 88

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ROBERT SIEGEL
All Things Considered (NPR)
03-15-2005
Interview: Howard Wexler talks about his father Sy Wexler, maker of educational films, who died last week at age 88

Host: ROBERT SIEGEL
Time: 9:00-10:00 PM

ROBERT SIEGEL, host:

We learned today of the death last week of Sy Wexler, who was a different kind of filmmaker. He made movies with names like "Wonders in Your Own Backyard" or "Human Heredity" or "Clinical Applications of Microporous Tape."(ph) That last title may have been seen only by medical students, but Sy Wexler projects like "The Great Rights," an animated 1963 short, were ...

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