THIS SUNDAY: Yiddish Film Discussion online
1:00pm Eastern Daylight Time
Online via Zoom.
Admission is free.
Registration is required
Note that the film will not be shown during the program. Participants can watch the film online here. Each participant must register in advance and will receive a link to join the Zoom meeting on May 18.
The film follows two neighbors who are unrelated but share the same last name and live in the same apartment building. The two men are complete opposites; from their wide age gap, to their different tastes in music, the neighbors struggle to live in harmony together. Directed by Leon Trystan, co-director of the well-known Yiddish film, A brivele der mamen (A Letter to Mother, 1938), Neighbors is notable for featuring the first on-screen appearance of a drag queen in Polish cinema.
Originally believed to be lost, the Yiddish-language-dubbed version of Neighbors was discovered several years ago. In this program, Dr. Iosif Vaisman will be presented with the IAYC Lifetime Achievement Award. He will then lead a discussion in English about the film, highlighting key scenes and motifs.
