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
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