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Julian Rubinstein

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Born

Bronx, The United States

Website

http://www.thehollybook.com

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Genre

Nonfiction, Crime, Mystery

Member Since

November 2007

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Julian Rubinstein is an Emmy and IRE award-winning author, documentary filmmaker and educator.

In June, 2025, he won a national Emmy for directing and producing THE HOLLY, a documentary he filmed while working on his New York Times Editors' Choice book, The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood, published by FSG in 2021. The book was the winner of the 2022 Colorado Book Award, the 2022 High Plains Book Award and a New York Times Editors' Choice. Booklist, which named it to its Best Books of 2021, called it "a shattering piece of investigative journalism involving street gangs, race relations and law enforcement."

The documentary is streaming on Amazon Prime, Apple Plus and Starz.

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Was Terrance Roberts – former gang leader and co-leader of...

Was Terrance Roberts – former gang leader and co-leader of the Justice For Elijah McClain Movement – attacked by police informants?

COMING MAY 11 from @fsgbooks: THE HOLLY: Five Bullets, One Gun and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood.

“An unforgettable tale you won’t hear in the mainstream media and a riveting wake-up call to activists, community organizers, and criminal justice advocates

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Average rating: 4.05 · 6,883 ratings · 1,024 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts 4.01 avg rating — 5,905 ratings — published 2004 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood 4.34 avg rating — 974 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ballad of the Whiskey Robber 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Control of your Financial Life: How to Have Financial Freedom and Peace of Mind 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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