Parliamentary Cop

Not in Heaven · Feb 17, 2022 · 43m

Last weekend, acclaimed Canadian director Ivan Reitman passed away at 75. The director of such 1980s classic comedies as Ghostbusters, Meatballs and Stripes was not only one of the most prominent and influential Jewish Canadians in Hollywood, but an integral part of the Canadian film industry, whose name and impact has become synonymous with the Toronto International Film Festival.

Len Blum, Reitman's longtime friend and screenwriting collaborator, joins to discuss the late filmmaker's work, his deep Jewish heritage and how his family's background as Holocaust survivors led him to the career…