Description |
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical |
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video file DVD video rda |
System Details |
DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation. |
Performer |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Note |
Special features: Making the film; on Sholem Aleichem. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916.
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Authors, Yiddish -- Biography.
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Jews, East European -- 19th century -- Social conditions.
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Jews, East European -- History.
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Added Author |
Dorman, Joseph, 1958-
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Kaufman, Bel.
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Lansky, Aaron, 1955-
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Wisse, Ruth R.
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Riverside Films.
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Filmakers Library, inc.
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New Video Group.
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Added Title |
Laughing in the darkness |
ISBN |
9781463110703 |
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1463110707 |
Standard No. |
767685284353 |
Music No. |
NNVG284351 Filmmakers Library |
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