Activity Type:
Film
Date:
Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 13:30 to 15:00
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
SouthSide Works Cinema
Event Web Site:
Cost:
$9 - general $8 - 65 and older and full-time college students with valid ID $7 - groups of 12+ (group tickets must be purchased in advance) $5 - 18 and under
2012 JFilm Festival
Pittsburgh Premiere
Director: Joseph Dorman
2011, US, 93 minutes
English and Yiddish with subtitles
A fascinating portrait of the great Yiddish writer, Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916), whose stories became the basis of the musical Fiddler on the Roof. The documentary tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it.
Supported in part by the Zionist Organization of America - Pittsburgh District.
UCIS Unit:
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
The Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum