Sukkah City / Oxbow Lake Films ; produced & directed by Jason Hutt.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hutt, Jason, director, producer, editor.

Alexander Street Press.

First Run Features (Firm), film distributor.

Oxbow Lake Films, production company.

Series:

Filmakers Library online

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foer, Joshua.

Jewish architecture.

Jewish architects.

Jewish art and symbolism.

Sukkah--Exhibitions.

Sukkah.

Sukkot--Exhibitions.

Sukkot.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : First Run Features, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

When best-selling author Joshua Foer began to build his first sukkah, a small hut that Jews build and dwell in every fall for the holiday of Sukkot, he wanted to move beyond the generic plywood boxes and canvas tents that have become the unimaginative status quo. He discovered that while the Bible outlines the basic parameters for what a sukkah should look like and how it should function, it leaves plenty of room for variation and interpretation. Foer thought, 'what if contemporary architects and designers were challenged to design and construct twelve radical sukkahs? What would they come up with?' And so was born the design competition known as Sukkah City in Union Square Park, in the heart of New York City. Chronicling the competition, the film goes behind the scenes during construction, exhibition, and judging to provide an entertaining and inspiring portrait of the project's visionary architects and structures, and an exciting, singular moment in the American Jewish experience.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 19, 2015).

OCLC:

934523050

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.