This event is in the past.It took place on July 19, 2026 at The Museum of Modern Art.
Drama Film
Drama FilmMidtown, New York
🎬Silver's first feature film
🗣️Yiddish dialogue with subtitles
⏱️Short paired with feature
MoMA screens two rarely seen Joan Micklin Silver films that trace the immigrant experience with unblinking intimacy. The 1972 short and her first feature, Hester Street, bring early New York's Lower East Side to vivid, aching life.
historical cinema
Jewish immigrant stories
Lower East Side
1970s indie filmmaking
Drama FilmDrama FilmMidtown, New York
🎬Silver's first feature film
🗣️Yiddish dialogue with subtitles
⏱️Short paired with feature
MoMA screens two rarely seen Joan Micklin Silver films that trace the immigrant experience with unblinking intimacy. The 1972 short and her first feature, Hester Street, bring early New York's Lower East Side to vivid, aching life.
historical cinema
Jewish immigrant stories
Lower East Side
1970s indie filmmaking