A Gesheft

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name = A Gesheft (The Deal)


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director = Yakov Kirsh
producer = Mendel Kirsh
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editing = Roland Millman
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released = 2005
runtime = 90 mins
country = United States
language = Yiddish
budget = $30,000
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website = http://www.agesheft.com/
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"A Gesheft" ( _yi. א געשעפט, "The Deal") is a 2005 action movie, with a religious message, in the Yiddish language, made by ultra-Orthodox Jews from Monsey, New York. It is the first movie made by ultra-Orthodox Jews entirely in Yiddish [. In Israel, there is somewhat of an ultra-Orthodox film industry; the language of choice for these films is apparently Israeli Hebrew, however. See "And God Created Women (Directors)" by Tamar Rotem, HaAretz, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=881339 ] and one of very few Yiddish films altogether since the destruction of most Yiddish-speaking communities by the Nazis. The movie has been marketed primarily to an Orthodox audience, not without some controversy. It has also drawn attention from less traditionalist Jews with an interest in Yiddish, since it is a document of contemporary spoken Yiddish. [ For example, it was screened at the 2006 Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto, a mostly secular celebration of klezmer music and Yiddish culture. ]

Sources

* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395455571&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull "A Rebirth for Yiddish Cinema" by Gavriel Fiske, Jerusalem Post, February 21, 2006]
* [http://www.forward.com/articles/1103/ "Trailblazing Yiddish Action Flick Makes Waves" by Anthony Weiss, Jewish Daily Forward, February 24, 2006]
* [http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/15752/ Chooray for Chollywood! - New York Magazine]

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