MY YIDDISHE MOMME McCOY

MY YIDDISHE MOMME McCOY

    Price: $99.95

    Code: 1527

    Filmmaker Bob Giges focuses on his spirited 90-year-old grandmother, Belle Demner McCoy, for an intimate portrait of one woman's struggle with the conflicts between family, religion and love. Through an interview with Belle, period photos, and Yiddish and American songs sung by Belle herself, the video offers a look at one person's attempt to reconcile tradition with assimilation.

    Directed by Bob Giges
    1991, 20 minutes
    Purchase: $195 Classroom Rental: $40

    "...a delightful slice of immigrant life and acculturation, of religious and cultural adjustment and accommodation worth recalling in an increasingly pluralistic society."-Library Journal

    "...an engaging video portrait... Recommended."-Video Librarian



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