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Almonds And Raisins: A History Of The Yiddish Cinema

This documentary reviews the Yiddish cinema in the US and Europe between the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927 and the outbreak of the WW2 in 1939. It present excerpts from several of the 300 Yiddish movies made between during these years, and also ties this short life together and puts it into a context. It captures the idea and the history of these movies, which are now, in themselves, important documents of American and Jewish immigrant history. The excerpts of the films themselves tell of the life in New York, many times lives of poverty in new ghettos. There are melodramas about aged parents finding...

Director : Russ Karel, David Elstein

Production Year : 1983

Duration : 90

Language : English

Grand Concert of the Peoples or Chain - Stockes' Breath

Documentary film containing interviews with 29 witnesses on the subject of getting rid of the members of the Jewish anti-Fascist committee and getting rid the doctor's trials.

Director : Semyon Aranovich

Production Year : 1991

Duration : 138

Language : Russian