Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) Movie Preview
Posted on 11. Jul, 2011 by brucedmighty in Documentary
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) Movie Preview
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.