Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness

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• Genre(s): Documentary, History
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Joseph Dorman
• Cast(s): Rachel Dratch, Jason Kravits, Peter Riegert, Alan Rosenberg, Hillel Halkin See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 1h 33min
• Similar To: The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo, Meet Me in the Bathroom
• Story:
  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.
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