Jews (1984)

JEWS excavates a lost world of manners and ritual in home movies shot by several Chicago families from the 1920s through the 1940s. Much as in similar found footage soliloquies by Péter Forgács, Jay Rosenblatt and Ken Jacobs, director Roger Deutsch wrings unexpected pathos from mundane traces of the past. Children mug for the camera with dances of the day, upright mothers march their strollers up the avenue, men smoke, the family gathers around the table to light the candles. The bare title cannot help but raise the specter of contemporaneous events in Europe, lending an extra degree of urgency to the film's meditation on disappearance. - Max Goldberg

Director: Roger Deutsch
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 17 min
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Screenplay

Editing: Roger Deutsch
Production: Otto Films
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
Original Language: en

Keywords

short film

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Jews about?
JEWS excavates a lost world of manners and ritual in home movies shot by several Chicago families from the 1920s through the 1940s. Much as in similar found footage soliloquies by Péter Forgács, Jay Rosenblatt and Ken Jacobs, director Roger Deutsch wrings unexpected pathos from mundane traces of the past. Children mug for the camera with dances of the day, upright mothers march their strollers up the avenue, men smoke, the family gathers around the table to light the candles. The bare title cannot help but raise the specter of contemporaneous events in Europe, lending an extra degree of urgency to the film's meditation on disappearance. - Max Goldberg
Who directed Jews?
Jews was directed by Roger Deutsch.
How long is Jews?
Jews has a runtime of 17m (17 minutes).
What genre is Jews?
Jews is a Documentary film.
Where was Jews produced?
Jews was produced in United States of America.