Yiddish / Les Films d'ici, Serge Lalou in coproduction with Laila Films, Itai Tamir ; with the participation of France télévisions [and 5 others] ; a film by Nurith Aviv ; written with the help of Michèle Sinapi [and 5 others].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Aviv, Nurith, filmmaker, editor of moving image work.

Lalou, Serge, film producer.

Tamir, Itai, film producer.

Sinapi, Michèle, screenwriter.

Films d'ici (Firm), production company.

Laila Films, production company.

France télévision, production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

French

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Yiddish language--Social aspects.

Yiddish language.

Yiddish poetry.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (61 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2020]

Language Note:

In French, English, and Hebrew with English subtitles; 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:

An expressive hybrid with roots in German, Hebrew, and Slavic languages, Yiddish has been shamed, banned, and nearly wiped out, but in fact it's a vernacular with rich political, historical, religious, socio-economic and literary import. In Nurith Aviv's documentary, seven young interviewees--some Jews and some not-share their love for the Yiddish language.

Credits:

Cinematography, Cédric Dupire [and 3 others] ; editing, Nurith Aviv, Rym Bouhedda, Hippolyte Saura.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 14, 2020).

Publisher Number:

if-yiddi Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.