“Hester Street” by Joan Micklin Silver (1975)

Movies directed by women

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= First Feature =

1896: A family of Jewish immigrants in New York are caught between the old ways and the hopes of this-is-America-everything-is-possible

Cast: Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Writers: Joan Micklin Silver (screenplay), Abraham Cahan (novel)
Cinematography by Kenneth Van Sickle
Film Editing by Katherine Wenning