Overview
- Summary
- Portrait of a community of elderly eastern European Jews living in Venice, California. Based on the anthropological fieldwork of Dr. Barbara Meyerhoff, this films portrays a group of disadvantaged but resilient individuals sustaining their vivid cultural heritage amid poverty and loneliness in modern America.
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Santa Monica, CA : Direct Cinema Ltd., [between 1990 and 1999]
- Locale
- California
Los Angeles
Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.) - Edition
- License copy
- Notes
-
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1977.
Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
VHS format.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 1559742127
- Additional Form
-
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
- Physical Description
- 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- Digital reproductions are made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only.
- Conditions on Use
- Subject to copyright restrictions.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Jews--California--Los Angeles--Social life and customs. Older people--California--Los Angeles. Older Jews--California--Los Angeles. Social work with older people--California--Los Angeles. Venice (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Social life and customs. Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social life and customs. Video recordings.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-06-21 15:29:00
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