Isaac In America - A Journey With Isaac Bashevis Singer

Duration: 58

Genre: Educational

Creator: direct

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Pays tribute to author Singer. Entertains with Singer's unique wisdom and wit as actor Judd Hirsch narrates his life story. Also presents a candid meeting with Singer himself. Produced by Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak Associates., Filmed over a three-year period, this documentary examines the life and work of Yiddish author Isaac Bashevis Singer. It follows the Nobel Prize-winning writer, now in his 80's, strolling the streets of his Upper West Side New York neighborhood, eating in his favorite cafeterias, on speaking tours and at writing sessions. As Singer reminisces about his youth in Warsaw, his immigration to the United States in 1935, and his apprenticeship at the Jewish Daily Forward, the film interweaves dramatic sequences from A Day in Coney Island, a short story based on Singer's first impressions of America.

Complete Record: Pays tribute to author Singer. Entertains with Singer's unique wisdom and wit as actor Judd Hirsch narrates his life story. Also presents a candid meeting with Singer himself. Produced by Kirk Simon and Amram Nowak Associates., Filmed over a three-year period, this documentary examines the life and work of Yiddish author Isaac Bashevis Singer. It follows the Nobel Prize-winning writer, now in his 80's, strolling the streets of his Upper West Side New York neighborhood, eating in his favorite cafeterias, on speaking tours and at writing sessions. As Singer reminisces about his youth in Warsaw, his immigration to the United States in 1935, and his apprenticeship at the Jewish Daily Forward, the film interweaves dramatic sequences from A Day in Coney Island, a short story based on Singer's first impressions of America. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.