A study of Hester Street (1975), Joan Micklin Silver's landmark drama of Jewish immigrant life in turn of the century New York, in the BFI Film Classics series.
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Acknowledgements
1. One more problem we DO need: getting Hester Street off the ground
2. Evoking the past in visual and spoken language
3. Geographic and cinematic movement: Immigration and point of view
4. Uncovering: the symbolism of costume and ritual
5. Money, freedom and knowledge
6. Situating Hester Street
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