This 2011 American biographical documentary film is about Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem. The film uses historical photographs, film, and audio, as well as analysis by scholars to document the writer’s life, the shtetl and Lower East Side lifestyles that influenced him.
The film is 113 minutes long.
Larry Friedman will introduce the film and coordinate discussion following the showing.
In person at Kol Rinah
Reservations not required but helpful