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Yiddish.
- Format:
- Video
- Subjects (All):
- Yiddish poetry.
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video (61 min.)) : sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : Icarus Films, [2020].
- System Details:
- digital
- video file
- Summary:
- In Nurith Aviv's unexpected, original documentary, seven young interviewees share their love for Yiddish avant-garde poetry written between the World Wars. An expressive hybrid “jargon” with roots in Hebrew, German and Slavic languages, Yiddish has been shamed, banned, and nearly wiped out, but it's a vernacular with rich political, historical, religious, socio-economic and literary import. In her spirited film, Aviv brings its ancient words to life.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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