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November 2024
- 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 01:00PM - Borscht Belt Museum
- Guided Tours of the Borscht Belt Museum -- Plus a Dollop of Comedy!
- Join historians & founding board members Peter Chester and Allen Frishman on a nostalgia-filled tour of the museum's latest exhibition, "And Such Small Portions: Food and Comedy in the Catskills Resort Era.Sunday, 1 pm with Allen Frishman, chief archivist.
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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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