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  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Vitagraph Films
  • 1 h 13 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Vitagraph Films
  • 1 h 13 m

Summary With her love of adventure and fearlessness, Ruth Gruber defied tradition from the moment she became the world’s youngest PhD at the age of 20 in 1931. Ahead of Time tells the remarkable journey of 96 year-old Gruber, and is the directorial debut of noted cinematographer Bob Richman (The September Issue, My Architect, and An Inconvenient...

Directed By: Robert Richman

  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Vitagraph Films
  • 1 h 13 m
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • Vitagraph Films
  • 1 h 13 m

Ahead of Time

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary With her love of adventure and fearlessness, Ruth Gruber defied tradition from the moment she became the world’s youngest PhD at the age of 20 in 1931. Ahead of Time tells the remarkable journey of 96 year-old Gruber, and is the directorial debut of noted cinematographer Bob Richman (The September Issue, My Architect, and An Inconvenient...

Directed By: Robert Richman

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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80
Although Gruber's personal life and latter accomplishments are mostly addressed via a few closing sentences, "Ahead" remains a fleet and fitting tribute.
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
80
Ahead of Time follows Ms. Gruber to speaking engagements and encounters with relatives and old friends. Ever present are her lucid memory and articulate, compassionate bearing. She is an inspiration for career women, certainly, but also for us all.
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It's Gruber's own remembrances (and a wealth of accompanying archival photos and film footage) that best mark her life as a case study in pioneering feminist courage, ambition and individualism.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
80
The unspooling of her life is a truly fascinating yarn of proto-feminist achievement and humbling empathy.
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Dec 7, 2010
It's clear by the end that one Ruth Gruber is worth more than 100 pundits fighting about partisan politics.
By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW
70
Wisely letting his lively, articulate nonagenarian subject narrate her life story through interviews and lectures, debuting director Bob Richman (a noted indie cameraman) compellingly blends a plethora of choice archival materials and contempo footage.
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Richman's no-nonsense approach, which relies heavily on interviews with the eloquent, 98-year-old Gruber, feels more suited to a televised biography.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Reel Inheritance Films
Release Date Sep 10, 2010
Duration 1 h 13 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Ruth Gruber didn't just report the news... she made it!
Website http://www.ruthgruberthemovie.com/
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Awards

Santa Barbara International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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