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Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema
Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema

MAMADRAMA: THE JEWISH MOTHER IN CINEMA

Directed by Monique Schwarz
Australia, Israel, 2001
Documentary, History

Synopsis

Australian director, Monique Schwarz, takes a lively, penetrating look at the way Jewish mothers have been represented in cinema. Schwarz also discovers that Jewish mamas are portrayed quiet differently in early silent cinema and surprisingly in Israeli cinema today.

Synopsis

Australian director, Monique Schwarz, takes a lively, penetrating look at the way Jewish mothers have been represented in cinema. Schwarz also discovers that Jewish mamas are portrayed quiet differently in early silent cinema and surprisingly in Israeli cinema today.