The land was theirs / a Documentary III Production ; produced and directed by Gertrude Dubrovsky.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Dubrovsky, Gertrude Wishnick, 1926-

National Center for Jewish Film.

Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--New Jersey--History.

Jews.

Jewish farmers--New Jersey--Case studies.

Jewish farmers.

Immigrants--New Jersey--History.

Immigrants.

Jews--Colonization--New Jersey--History.

Jews--Colonization.

New Jersey.

Genre:

Case studies.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (55 minutes)) : sound, color with black and white sequences.

Place of Publication:

[Waltham, Mass.] : National Center for Jewish Film, 1993.

Summary:

The Land Was Theirs, set in New Jersey, is about Jewish farmers and their communities. It opens a window on the wider experience of immigrants who came to America in search of a better life and found it in the rural countryside. The new farmers, a minority group living in dynamic tension with the larger culture, managed to adapt to new lifestyles and conventions while maintaining their religious and cultural heritage. In the end, The Land Was Theirs is about all newcomers to America trying to establish roots and retain their ethnic identity.

Participant:

Gertrude Dubrovsky.

Credits:

Produced and directed by Gertrude Dubrovsky ; written by G. Dubrovsky and Andrew Fredricks.

Notes:

Based on the book with the same title.

Description based on online resource (viewed on Aug. 26, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.

ISBN:

158587311X

9781585873111

OCLC:

152580378

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Penn holds the rights to allow Penn users to stream this film until 03/17/2032, after that date permissions to view are invalid.