Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt

1986 | 81 minutes | 0.0 ★ (0)

Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt
  • Overview

    At its peak, one million New York Jews spent their summers in the Borscht Belt, the birthplace of Jewish-American iconoclastic humor. This film shows how these Catskills communities were run by women, and how class divisions were reflected in the resort hotels: upwardly-mobile hotel guests were entertained by a who's-who of talent, while in the bungalows, do-it-yourself burlesque and vaudeville reigned among the blue-collar families. This film is happy, humane, ironic, and, finally, bittersweet, as we see that today's Jews no longer share the tastes or aspirations of their parents.

  • Release Date

    14 September 1986

  • DirectingPeter Davis
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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