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Hester Street is a 1975 drama film based on Abraham Cahan's 1896 novella Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto, and was adapted and directed by Joan Micklin Silver. The film stars Steven Keats and Carol Kane, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
Oct 15, 1975 · A classic film about a Russian Jewish woman's struggle to adapt to life in New York's Lower East Side in 1896. Nominated for an Oscar and praised by critics and audiences, Hester Street is a poignant and realistic portrayal of immigrant culture and identity.
- (1.9K)
- Drama, Romance
- Joan Micklin Silver
- 1975-10-15
Dealing with themes of assimilation, this film, set in the early 1900s, focuses on the experiences of an immigrant family in New York City. Gitl (Carol Kane) has just arrived in America from ...
- (29)
- Joan Micklin Silver
- PG
- Steven Keats
Oct 6, 2021 · Joan Micklin Silver's 1975 film "Hester Street" follows a Jewish immigrant family in 1896 New York. The Cohen Film Collection has restored the film in 4K, bringing out its timeless and personal story of assimilation and identity.
Sep 19, 2011 · Hester Street (1975) -- (Movie Clip) For What Purpose? Heretofore playboy Polish immigrant Jake (Steven Keats) arrives at Ellis Island to collect his wife Gitl (Carol Kane, in her Academy Award-nominated role) and son (Paul Freedman), in Joan Micklin Silver's Hester Street, 1975.
- Joan Micklin Silver
- Steven Keats
Currently you are able to watch "Hester Street" streaming on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Cohen Media Amazon Channel or for free with ads on Tubi TV. It is also possible to rent "Hester Street" on Amazon Video, Vudu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube online and to download it on Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Apple TV.
- 90 min
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A Russian Jewish woman immigrates to New York's Lower East Side in 1896, but has difficulty assimilating. Her husband, who has Americanized himself, struggles to balance his old and new lives.
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