Happening Now
May 1, 2021
to December 31, 2024
FilmMatters, is the Toronto Jewish Film Foundation’s educational outreach programme for elementary – secondary school students and teachers across the GTA.
A good old-fashioned Yiddish melodrama newly restored by the National Center for Jewish Film.
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CANADIAN PREMIERE OF NEW RESTORATION.
A good old-fashioned Yiddish melodrama newly restored by the National Center for Jewish Film.
Mothers of Today is the only film performance by radio star Esther Field, known on the airwaves of the 1930s as the “Yiddishe Mama.” Field plays a widowed Jewish mother coping with her children’s struggles in America caused by crime and assimilation. Mothers Of Today exemplifies the Yiddish film genre of shund, which appealed to working-class Jewish-American immigrant audiences and featured broadly drawn, sentimental stories that reflected the daily life and culture of a distinctly American Yiddish community. Presented in-theatre on 35mm.
Screened in memory of EDA ZIMLER SHIFF (z”l)
Presented by:
A Kultura Collective Member
In Partnership with:
Committee for Yiddish, Ashkenaz Festival
Start Date: June 2, 2024
Closing Date: June 6, 2024
JUNE 2, 2:00 PM – INNIS TOWN HALL
JUNE 5 – JUNE 6 – TJFF VIRTUAL CINEMA
JUNE 5 – JUNE 6 – TJFF VIRTUAL CINEMA
Virtual / In-Person
Innis College, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto
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$13-18
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