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The Players Centre Studio 1130
3501 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34239
Community: Sarasota
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Winner of the 2024 Miami Jewish Film Festival
Event Details
The Catskills — The Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt
Documentary film screening and discussion
February 3, 1:30 PM
Presented by Sarasota Jewish Theatre at The Players Centre Studio 1130, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239
Tickets ($15): https://purchase.theplayers.org/ChooseSeats/6001 or 941-365-2494
Winner of the 2024 Miami Jewish Film Festival, this is a humorous and nostalgic tribute to the Borscht Belt from its beginning as a refuge for working-class Jews, to becoming a lavish summer playground for the affluent, to its eventual decline. Filmmaker Lex Gillespie’s “The Catskills” chronicles the cultural, historical and economic influences that created the Borscht Belt, provided a training ground for the great comedians of the 20th century, and became the inspiration for iconic films like “Dirty Dancing.”
Documentary film screening and discussion
February 3, 1:30 PM
Presented by Sarasota Jewish Theatre at The Players Centre Studio 1130, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239
Tickets ($15): https://purchase.theplayers.org/ChooseSeats/6001 or 941-365-2494
Winner of the 2024 Miami Jewish Film Festival, this is a humorous and nostalgic tribute to the Borscht Belt from its beginning as a refuge for working-class Jews, to becoming a lavish summer playground for the affluent, to its eventual decline. Filmmaker Lex Gillespie’s “The Catskills” chronicles the cultural, historical and economic influences that created the Borscht Belt, provided a training ground for the great comedians of the 20th century, and became the inspiration for iconic films like “Dirty Dancing.”
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