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51 Birch Street

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Block's hypnotic documentary, among the finest of the year, is a resounding success because it touches on things every child has wondered about on the road to adulthood. What really went on in your parents' bedroom? Did Mom or Dad ever mess around?"

– Ruthe Stein, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

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Press Kit

51 Birch Street Press Kit (doc)
51 Birch Street Press Kit (pdf)

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Mike and Mina Block on their honeymoon, 1947
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Mike and Mina Block, 1965
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51 Birch Street director Doug Block and mother Mina (1959)
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The Block family, 1973 (L to R: Mike, Ellen, Doug, Karen and Mina Block)
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Recent photo of Doug and Mike Block
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51 Birch Street director Doug Block with his father, Mike (1960)
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Doug Block, director of 51 Birch Street
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