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JOSEPH G BRIN | Filmmaker NaileditFilm is driven by insatiable curiosity about the world. Our documentaries begin with active listening...Cinematic editing is our tool to sculpt, sand and polish, revealing narrative outline and form, the heartbeat within. Scroll just below to Shivtei: Lost & Found, documentary film of an historic rowhouse synagogue in South Philadelphia, its rise by immigrants in the early 20th century, then its near demolition and current revival in the early 21st century. Scroll also to A Film in Silhouette, the making of the new film, A STRING OF PEARLS: The Small Miracles of Charles Middleberg. Middleberg is a Holocaust survivor, now in his nineties, remembering his nine year old self in wartime Paris, France. His childhood stories come alive in the form of striking handmade black & white silhouette images. |
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Slide show of 4th St. S. Philadelphia circa 1920 from
SHIVTEI: Lost & Found |
Category: Documentary/Oral History
SHIVTEI: Lost & Found captures stories of the last remaining Jewish Orthodox rowhouse synagogue of South Philadelphia.
Founded by Eastern European immigrants at the end of the 19th century and nearly demolished at the turn of the 21st century, Shivtei Yeshuron, also known as "The Little Shul," is now thriving.
A range of ages and backgrounds are drawn to a mix of traditional services and modern programming, including music, performance and speaking events. Why and how has Shivtei endured?
Founded by Eastern European immigrants at the end of the 19th century and nearly demolished at the turn of the 21st century, Shivtei Yeshuron, also known as "The Little Shul," is now thriving.
A range of ages and backgrounds are drawn to a mix of traditional services and modern programming, including music, performance and speaking events. Why and how has Shivtei endured?
A Film in Silhouette, the making of A STRING OF PEARLS: The Small Miracles of Charles Middleberg
See our Film Diary (also tab above) for the "PEARLS" film backstory
See our Film Diary (also tab above) for the "PEARLS" film backstory