"Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream" - Film screening with Q&A
Cornell Cinema, 104 Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
104 Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
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This enchanting film will screen on Monday, February, 13 at 7:15pm in Cornell University's Willard Straight Theater, sponsored by Cornell Jewish Studies. A discussion will follow with director Michael Levine and urban geographer Elissa Sampson, who was interviewed extensively for the documentary. Tickets are not required and the public is invited to attend.
"Longtime Lower East Siders like myself will never forget the smell of matzo baking at the corner of Rivington and Suffolk—or the generous way the workers would hand a Moonstrip to passersby, as we peered in to watch the Rube Goldberg machinery do its magic," says Jonathan Boyarin, director of Jewish studies at Cornell. "It's great that Michael Levine captured this on film, and we're thrilled to bring it to Ithaca."
Levine, who has family roots on the Lower East Side, says. "I believe that, now more than ever, it is essential that this story be told, not only to preserve the history and legacy of the factory, the Streit family, and the workers there, but to draw attention to difficult choices facing family-owned businesses nationwide." In addition to directing the film, Levine serves as the film's cinematographer and editor.
A New York-based filmmaker and the founder of Rivington Pictures, Levine has directed, produced, filmed, and edited content for Showtime Networks, A&E Networks, The History Channel, HGTV, and a number of award winning independent filmmakers. His first feature-length documentary, "Losing Ground," screened at the U.S. Library of Congress and numerous other venues, and was featured at length in The New York Times.
For more information on the movie, please visit: http://matzofilm.com/
Where
Cornell Cinema, 104 Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
104 Willard Straight Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
Hosted By
Co-hosted with: Jewish Business Association (JBA), Family Business Club, Smith Family Business Initiative (OWNER)
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