Brighton Beach

1980 | Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary | DCP

Jewish Film Festival

Sponsored by Longtime Fort Lee Residents and Found BFC Board Members Edwin and Doris Cohen

Featuring Q&A with Director Susan Wittenberg

Recently rediscovered and restored, Brighton Beach is a priceless and beautifully filmed portrait of the Brooklyn neighborhood that includes Coney Island and came to be known as “Little Odessa” for its Russian-Jewish immigrant population. Capturing the diversity and charm of a neighborhood that has resisted gentrification, Brighton Beach is a precious time capsule that combines wonderful archival footage and new photography to observe the quirks of this unique slice of New York City.

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Directors: Carol Stein, Susan Wittenberg

Writers: Carol Stein, Susan Wittenberg

Stars: The Barry Sisters