Hester Street, 9781839028069
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Immigration, identity, and adaptation collide in this classic Jewish cinema story.
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Hester Street

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    112 pages

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    12 November 2025

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Summary

Hester Street: An American Story

Joan Micklin Silver’s debut feature film, Hester Street (1975), depicts the immigrant experience through the eyes of Gitl (played by Carol Kane), a young, Orthodox Jewish woman who arrives in New York City from Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century. Reunited with her already-assimilating husband, she finds that they now have little in common. Hester Street achieved critical and commercial success, receiving a nomination from…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781839028069
ISBN-10:1839028068
Series:BFI Film Classics
Author:Julia Wagner
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:BFI Publishing
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:112
Release Date:12 November 2025
Weight:0g
Dimensions:190mm x 135mm
About The Author

Julia Wagner

Julia Wagner is a writer and lecturer based in London, UK, specialising in Jewish film and culture, documentary and Italian cinema. She holds a PhD in Film Studies and has written widely for publications including Sight and Sound and the Jewish Chronicle. She curated the BFI/JW3 archival project Jewish Britain on Film.

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