Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Directed by Joseph DormanNot Rated
2011 1h 33m[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary), [History](/on-demand/category/history)7.2100%68%6.2
A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it.
