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Egg cream / a Willow Pond Films production ; directed and written by Nora Claire Miller, Peter Miller ; produced and filmed by Peter Miller.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Food--United States.
- Jews.
- Chocolate drinks--United States.
- Chocolate drinks.
- Jews--Food.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (15 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2020]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- A short film about the enduring meaning of a beloved chocolate soda drink born on the Jewish Lower East Side. The egg cream contained neither eggs nor cream - it was a product of necessity and hardship, but a source of joy and sweetness. Through a tour of egg cream establishments led by a filmmaker and his young daughter, exhaustively researched archival imagery, and even a song by Lou Reed, the film examines the Jewish experience in America and the mythology of a simpler time.
- Participant:
- Featuring Walter Backerman [and 11 others].
- Credits:
- Edited and co-produced by Amy Linton.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Willow Pond Films, ©2018.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 14, 2020).
- Publisher Number:
- if-eggcr Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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