The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

"Directing Grandma": A Look Through the Film Director's Perspective

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Madeline Schwartzman, writer, filmmaker, and architect, describes directing, and the creative process behind her film series "The Brooklyn Trilogy" about life in Brooklyn, New York.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Madeline Schwartzman.

This excerpt is in English.

Madeline Schwartzman was born in New York, NY.