Long Island Jewish
Film Festival
SHTTL
Starring Moshe Lobel and Saul Rubinek
Sunday, April 16th at 5:00 PM
With star Moshe Lobel In Person
Members $10 | Public $15
A Jewish village in Ukraine, just over the border from
Poland, is on the verge of being taken over by Nazis. That is the starting
point for an astonishing feat of moviemaking. While drawing a vibrant canvas of
a community that has many differing reactions to the impending tragedy, the
film is made in what appears to be one continuous shot, the camera never
stopping as it explores the rich world that it creates. The dialogue is almost
entirely in Yiddish, and the film is mostly in black-and-white. In addition to
the vibrant and original approach to filmmaking, Shttl features
a top-notch cast, led by Moshe Lobel,
who starred in the recent Yiddish production in New York City of Fiddler
on the Roof. (Ukraine/France, 2022, 114min., In Yiddish and
Ukrainian with English subtitles | Dir. Ady Walter)