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NJFF - AT HOME IN UTOPIA
1925 Hall at The Belcourt
Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 4:30 PM
Directors: Michal Goldman and Ellen Brodsky , USA, 2008, 57 min. In English and Yiddish with English subtitles
In the 1920s, thousands of immigrant Jewish garment workers pooled their resources to build four cooperatively owned apartment complexes in the Bronx, collectively known as “the Coops.” Spanning two generations, this documentary follows the Coops from their idealistic beginning as an oasis of progressive social values; through the Depression where they took to the streets to demand mortgage relief and better conditions for workers; to the post-WWII era of growing anti-communist sentiments and McCarthyism, where their dreams began to unravel. An epic story of the struggle for human justice and racial equality through one experimental community. Film will be preceded by a student short film finalist.
 
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 Directors: Michal Goldman and Ellen Brodsky , USA, 2008, 57 min. In English and Yiddish with English subtitles In the 1920s, thousands of immigrant Jewish garment workers pooled their resources to build four cooperatively owned apartment complexes in the Bronx, collectively known as “the Coops.” Spanning two generations, this documentary follows the Coops from their idealistic beginning as an oasis of progressive social values; through the Depression where they took to the streets to demand mortgage relief and better conditions for workers; to the post-WWII era of growing anti-communist sentiments and McCarthyism, where their dreams began to unravel. An epic story of the struggle for human justice and racial equality through one experimental community. Film will be preceded by a student short film finalist.