My guest is Professor Jean Bodon and the subject is Leon Blum and how he affected the thinking in France between the World Wars and why he made this documentary film on him. Jean Bodon is a Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. He teaches courses in television production, cinema and broadcasting. In 2000, he was honored with the President's Excellence Teaching Award.

Dr. Bodon has worked as a feature film director and producer and as a director of documentaries and television commercials. His films have been screened at some of the world's most prominent film presentation organizations including the Lincoln Center, the Library of Congress and the Cinémathèque Française. Bodon's works have been broadcast on HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, The Movie Channel, E!, TLC, and many other cable systems and networks throughout the world.

Dr. Bodon's extensive work in the area of film also includes a book on Charlie Chaplin which was prefaced by François Truffaut and "Cinema: an introduction" prefaced by Robert Wise. Jean Bodon has written numerous articles for Communication Monographs, Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, The North American Journal of Psychology, Communication Research Reports and Communication Quarterly. Jean Bodon is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Société des Réalisateurs de Films and is a judge for the International Emmy® Awards.
   

Professor Jean Bodon- film maker                                                 Leon Blum- 
                                                                                                               Prime Minister of France

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