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At home in Utopia / [a film by Michal Goldman ; a project of the Filmmakers Collaborative ; ITVS ; made in association with WGBH] ; producer/writer/editor, Michal Goldman.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apartment houses, Cooperative--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Apartment houses, Cooperative.
- United Workers' Association (New York, N.Y.).
- Jews--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.
- Jews.
- Working class Jews--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Working class Jews.
- Clothing workers--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Clothing workers.
- Jewish communists--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Jewish communists.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen presentation.
- Place of Publication:
- [Harriman, N.Y.] : New Day Films, [2008]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Focuses on the United Workers Cooperative Colony, aka the Coops, the most grass-roots and member-driven of the Jewish labor housing cooperatives, where many of the residents were Communists or sympathetic to the communist movement. Beginning as a stalwartly secular East European Jewish working class enclave, they were part of an international movement. This film bears witness to lives lived with courage across the barriers of race, nation, language, convention, and sometimes even common sense.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Linda Lavin.
- Credits:
- Co-producer, Ellen Brodsky ; story and research consultant, Andrew Hazelton ; director of photography, Boyd Estus ; original music, John Kusiak.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.
- Running time indicated on container (133 min.) includes special features.
- Special features include director's commentary and bonus scenes.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781574482478
- 1574482475
- OCLC:
- 328300634
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