"Yiddish: mother tongue" by Pierre Sauvage Retrospective around the documentary work of Pierre Sauvage

Sunday, June 3, 2018 at 2:30 PM

United States, documentary, 55 minutes, 1979-2018, vostfr.

© Chambon Foundation

Shot in New York and Los Angeles, this film portrays a unique and tenacious language and culture. How important is the Yiddish language to American Jews today? This film bears witness to the vitality of Yiddish through klezmer music, humor, poetry and cinema and features interviews, notably with comedian David Steinberg, actor Herschel Bernardi, writer Leo Rosten, expert Dr. Joshua Fishman, and theater producer Isaiah Sheffer.

In the presence of director Pierre Sauvage, Michèle Tauber, lecturer at the University of Paris III, and Gilles Rozier, publisher and writer.

3 sessions purchased = €3 per session (To benefit from this offer, you must reserve seats for 3 different screenings of the films of the "Retrospective around the documentary work of Pierre Sauvage" cycle. You will need to select the reduced rate of €3 when purchasing online on our ticket office.)

Rates: €5/€3

Retrospective on the documentary work of Pierre Sauvage

"Pas sans rien faire: Peter Bergson, the United States and the Shoah" by Pierre Sauvage

Projections Sunday, June 10, 201814:30

"Les Armes de l'esprit. A conspiracy for good in occupied France" by Pierre Sauvage

Projections Thursday 7 June 201819:30

"We were there: Christians facing the Shoah" by Pierre Sauvage

Projections Sunday, 03 June 20184:30 PM