 Garfein was an interdisciplinary artist and is the author of two both politically and artistically challenging films that did not spare Hollywood's conservatism and led to censorship.In "The Strange One" (1957), he tackled the question of racism in America.As a Jew who survived the Holocaust, he was deeply shocked by the segregation at his arrival in the United States and he fought for the right for African-American actors to be featured in the film.