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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Release Date: | July 8, 2011 |
| Running time: | 93 minutes |
| Director: | Joseph Dorman |
| Distributor: | International Film Circuit |
Description: A portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness 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.
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