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- Friday November 1st 04:00PM - Shadowland Stages
- An Intimate Conversation with Judd Hirsch
- From the Bronx to the Borscht Belt: An Intimate Conversation with Judd HirschJoin us for a lively discussion with Judd Hirsch, a longtime Catskills resident and award-winning actor whose performances in Taxi, Ordinary People, Independence Day and dozens of other films and television shows have made him one of the most recognizable and beloved actors in America. Hirsch will be joined by Jodi Rudoren, editor-in-chief of the Forward, as they review performances both iconic and overlooked, all the while considering Hollywood's complicated approach to the portrayal of Jews in post-war America.This live event is part of the Borscht Belt Film Fest and takes place at the Shadowland Stages from 4pm-5pm on Friday, Nov. 1st.
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- Friday November 1st 07:00PM - Shadowland Stages
- THE CATSKILLS
- OPENING NIGHT FILM! Documentary/2024Director Lex GillespieAn award-winning documentary film on the meteoric rise, historic glory days, and bittersweet fall of the Borscht Belt. Former waiters, tummlers, and dance instructors reminisce about the family-run resorts and bungalows that established a cultural standard whose legacy continues to this day.Conversation with director Lex Gillespie and moderator Peter Alan Chester
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- Saturday November 2nd 10:00AM - Shadowland Stages
- CATSKILL HONEYMOON
- Drama and Musical Comedy/1949Dir. Josef Berne 96 minA Yiddish-American musical revue on film, Catskill Honeymoon offers a fictional 50th wedding anniversary story to showcase authentic performers of vaudeville comedy and musical acts in English and Yiddish, once mainstays in Borscht Belt resorts. Much of the film was shot at Young’s Gap Hotel in the Catskills. In English and Yiddish (with occasional subtitles.)Conversation with Yiddish film historian Eve Sicular and moderator Jay Blotcher
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- Saturday November 2nd 12:30PM - Shadowland Stages
- SWEET LORRAINE
- Comedy-Drama/1987Dir. Steve Gomer 91 minThe Lorraine, a famed Catskills family destination, is run-down, losing money, and nearing the end of its days. Molly, granddaughter of the resort’s matriarch, comes to The Lorraine to escape her parents’ bitter divorce, but becomes part of the resort’s extended family. Shot on location at The Heiden in South Fallsburg. Co-starring iconic Borscht Belt comedian Freddie Roman.Conversation with director Steve Gomer, production designer David Gropman, art director Karen Schulz and moderator Jay BlotcherTRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R14auc1MUHY
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- Saturday November 2nd 03:00PM - Shadowland Stages
- THE LAST LAUGH
- Documentary/2016Dir. Ferne Pearlstein 89 minThe Holocaust would seem off-limits topic for comedy. But is it? This daring documentary examines this moral conundrum, offering fresh insights into these questions, through interviews with influential comedians and thinkers ranging from Mel Brooks, Sarah Silverman, Judy Gold, Gilbert Gottfried, author Shalom Auslander, Abraham Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League, and Auschwitz survivor Renee Firestone.Conversation with director Ferne Pearlstein, moderated by original “Saturday NIght Live” writer and five-time Emmy winner, Alan Zweibel.
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- Saturday November 2nd 05:30PM - Shadowland Stages
- A WALK ON THE MOON
- Romantic Comedy-Drama/1999Dir. Tony Goldwyn 1 hr, 46 minA Jewish wife and mother dares to challenge her cozy but narrow life during a summer vacation to a Catskills bungalow colony. Her conflict unfolds against the backdrop of two watershed events in the summer of 1969: the Woodstock festival in Sullivan County and the United States’ historic landing on the moon.Conversation with Tony Award-winning costume designer Jess Goldstein and moderator Jay Blotcher
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- Saturday November 2nd 08:00PM - Shadowland Stages
- TAKING WOODSTOCK
- Comedy-Drama/2009Featured Filmmaker Guest of Honor, Dir. Ang Lee 120 minElliot Tiber, a struggling Greenwich Village interior designer, moves back upstate to help his parents manage their run-down Catskills motel. The bank is about to foreclose, but Elliot hopes for a miracle. Then he meets promoters looking to plan a huge music festival – to be called Woodstock – just down the road. They move into the motel, changing the Tiber family’s fortune – and Elliot’s life. Inspired by the memoir by Elliot Tiber.Conversation with director Ang Lee, production designer David Gropman and moderatorJay Blotcher
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- Sunday November 3rd 10:00AM - Shadowland Stages
- WELCOME TO KUTSHER’S: THE LAST CATSKILLS RESORT
- Documentary/2012Directors: Caroline Laskow and Ian RosenbergKutsher's Country Club was the last surviving Jewish resort in the Catskills, family-owned and operated for over 100 years. This film brings to life how Kutsher’s thrived, especially in the areas of cuisine, comedy and sports. This award-winning documentary captures a last glimpse of a bygone world as it slowly disappears.Conversation with historian Peter Alan Chester and Lily Barrish Levner, whose family includes two generations of Kutsher's staff members.
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- Sunday November 3rd 12:00PM - Shadowland Stages
- DREW FRIEDMAN: VERMEER OF THE BORSCHT BELT
- Documentary/2024Director Kevin DoughertyProlific artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten Hollywood stars, old Jewish comedians, and liver-spotted elevator operators. This irreverent in-depth documentary traces Friedman's evolution from underground comics to the cover of The New Yorker. Featuring interviews with Gilbert Gottfried, Patton Oswalt, Richard Kind, and Mike Judge.Conversation with director Kevin Dougherty, Drew Friedman and moderator Jay Blotcher
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- Sunday November 3rd 02:00PM - Shadowland Stages
- THE DANCING MAN: PEG LEG BATES
- Documentary/1993Director Dave DavidsonThe remarkable story of Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, the famous one-legged black tap dancer and Catskill resort owner, who provided a vacation retreat for Blacks still burdened by segregation and Jim Crow laws. Archival film clips and interviews with Ruth Brown, Percy Sutton, Chuck Green, Buster Brown and tap greats Honi Coles and Gregory Hines.Conversation with moderator Elinor Levy of the Peg Leg Bates Project and director Dave Davidson and co-producer Amber Edwards.
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- Sunday November 3rd 04:00PM - Shadowland Stages
- SUCH A NICE GROUP OF SHORTS: Including "Let's Fall in Love: A Singles Weekend at the Concord Hotel"
- A screening of shorts submitted to the fest including the 1993 documentary Let's Fall in Love: A Singles Weekend at the Concord Hotel by director Constance Marks. Before there was on-line dating, thousands of singles would flock to the Concord Hotel’s famed matchmaker weekends in the Catskill Mountains. The director attended one such weekend event the early 1990s, and interviewed unattached people as they mixed and mingled in hopes of meeting their happily-ever-after mate.All American Ruins: Nevele Grand Hotel Director: Angel GatesThe Nevele Grand Resort in Ellenville, NY sits abandoned on 500+ acres near the foot of the Catskill Mountains of New York. What used to be a point of pride for Ulster County is now a painful, crumbling relic - with many stories to tell. For All-American Ruins creator Blake Pfeil, it is also a dreamscape, an artistic playground to reflect on questions about American history, culture, community folklore, economics, the environment, and mental health; and for the viewer, it's an invitation to activate their imagination as a tool for healing.A Jew Grows in Brooklyn Director: Jake EhrenreichBased on the hit show - the entertaining and inspiring tale of a Brooklyn born child of Holocaust survivors journey of acceptance - from Brooklyn to the Catskills. A Jew Grows in Brooklyn is based on the highly acclaimed hit show (and book) of the same name which traces the journey of Jake Ehrenreich – an entertainer and Brooklyn born child of Holocaust survivors.Conversation with the filmmakers with moderator/ festival director Melody Gilbert
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