A celebration of a great Jewish-American tradition. Beginning as places for Jews from Central and Eastern Europe to eat and meet, they expanded across America and eventually attracted as many non-Jews as Jews. Today, the number of Jewish Delis has shrunk dramatically and many of the survivors have adapted to changing times, sometimes in ways their forebears might not recognize.
The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its m...
Lithuania, 1941, during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of texts on Jewish culture, stolen by th...
A journey through friendship and its fruit.
An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, in...
Through the lives of professionals working at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, the film portrays how Tsu...
"People of the Graphic Novel" is a playful introduction to the history of an art form: from the firs...
Seven months after helping her terminally ill mother during the end of her life in home-hospice, fil...
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, whe...
The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman (1905-64) and his novel Life and ...
Four 12-year-olds—Sharon, Tom, Moishy, and Sophie—prepare for their bar or bat mitzvot.
Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines ...
A three year self-described labour of love, 2040 takes the form of a visual letter from the filmmake...
Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to e...
To many African Americans, soul food is sacrament, ritual, and a key expression of cultural identity...
Documentarian Judith Helfand adopts z daughter at the age of 50.
After years as a struggling actor, Daniel was cast to play a part in Conan O'Brien's "human-centiped...
A food-loving and scientific tribute to the Mediterranean diet and, not least, the liquid gold: oliv...