Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness

A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness Opens at the Lincoln Plaza Cinema on July 8th

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  Film & Animation

[Mauricio E. Álvarez]

The genius John Zorn wrote and recorded the music for the Sholem Aleichem documentary. Album: Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem.

[Patrick Mehr]

Sholom Aleichem's autobiography, From the Fair, is now available as an eBook from Plunkett Lake Press.

[cosmonaut1100]

I want to see this sooo badly