Sholem Aleichem laughing in the darkness
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Wadsworth Library - Geneseo - VideosDVD 839.109 SHOAvailable

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
767685284353

Notes

General Note
Winner: Jerusalem International Film Festival.
General Note
Special features: Making the film; on Sholem Aleichem.
Creation/Production Credits
Editor, Aaron Kuhn, Kenneth Levis, Amanda Zinoman ; director of photography, Edward Marritz ; music, John Zorn.
Participants/Performers
With commentaries from Bella Kaufman (Aleichem's 100-year-old granddaughter), Aaron Lansky of the Yiddish Book Center, and Professor Ruth Wisse of Harvard University.
Description
A portrait of writer Sholem Aleichem, whose stories about Tevye the milkman became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Aleichem (1859-1916) was a rebellious wordsmith who created a new genre of literature and used his remarkable humor to encapsulate the realities of the Eastern European Jewish world in the late nineteenth century. Using a rich collection of archival footage, the film recreates a time in czarist Russia when Jews were second-class citizens and frequent scapegoats in times of social and political unrest.
System Details
DVD.
System Details
Full screen (1.33:1) presentation.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dorman, J., Kaufman, B., Lansky, A., Wisse, R. R., & Zorn, J. (2013). Sholem Aleichem: laughing in the darkness (DVD ; Full screen.). Distributed in the U.S. by New Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Joseph Dorman et al.. 2013. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness. [New York]: Distributed in the U.S. by New Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Joseph Dorman et al.. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness [New York]: Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dorman, Joseph, et al. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness DVD ; Full screen., Distributed in the U.S. by New Video, 2013.

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