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Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt

At its peak, one million New York Jews spent their summers in the Borscht Belt, the birthplace of Jewish-American iconoclastic humor. This film shows how these Catskills communities were run by women, and how class divisions were reflected in the resort hotels: upwardly-mobile hotel guests were entertained by a who's-who of talent, while in the bungalows, do-it-yourself burlesque and vaudeville reigned among the blue-collar families. This film is happy, humane, ironic, and, finally, bittersweet, as we see that today's Jews no longer share the tastes or aspirations of their parents.
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Genre: Documentaire

Jeter: Joseph Wiseman

Réalisateur: Peter Davis

Pays: United States

Durée: 81 minutes

Qualité: HD

Libération: 1986

Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt (1986) - IMDb  6