Histoires d'Amerique
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Chantal Akerman
Herbert Rubens
Judith Malina
George Bartenieff
Mark Amitin
Eszter Balint
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The story of how Polish Jews maintained their cultural identity while trying to adapt to the New World is told through an assortment of monologues, sketches, anecdotes, and clippings from the Yiddish press of the 1920s told directly to the camera by young Jewish performers.
Director
Chantal Akerman
Cast
Herbert Rubens
Judith Malina
George Bartenieff
Mark Amitin
Eszter Balint
Stefan Balint
Kirk Baltz
William Bastiani
Isha Manna Beck
Jacob Becker
Max Brandt
Maurice Brenner
Laura Brutsman
David Buntzman
Marilyn Chris
Sharon Diskin
Carl Don
Pierre Epstein
Helen Greenberg
Michael Gordenchik
Ben Hammer
Dean Jackson
Robert Katims
Mordecai Lawner
Boris Leskin
Elliott Levine
Justine Lichtman
Jerry Matz
Charles Mayer
Bruce Nozick
Deborah Offner
Irina V. Passmoore
Herschel Rosen
Joan Rosenfels
Claudia Silver
Arthur Tracy [the Street Singer]
Steve Spicehandler
Victor Talmadge
Roy Nathanson
Marc Ribot
Crew
Chantal Akerman
Joshua Astrakan
Edwin Baily
Luc Ben Hamou
Alix Comte
Adine Duron
Robert Hilferty
Daria Hovara
Ellen Kuras
Patrick Mimouni
Ann Minahan
Roy Nathanson
Gerard Rousseau
Robert Schumann
Ruth Sergel
Jamie Shapiro
Marcia Shulman
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Andrea Truppin
Bertrand Van Effenterre
Bertrand Van Effenterre
Marilyn Watelet
Marilyn Watelet
Marilyn Watelet
Sonia Wieder-atherton
Sonia Wieder-atherton
Sonia Wieder-atherton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1989
Released in United States 1990
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States February 1989
Released in United States March 1989
Released in United States May 1989
Released in United States November 1989
Released in United States October 1989
Released in United States September 1989
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1989
Shown at Berlin Film Festival (in competition) February 14 & 15, 1989.
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 17 & 21, 1989.
Shown at London Film Festival November 10-26, 1989.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 24-September 4, 1989.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival March 12-14, 1989.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 9 & 11, 1989.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 6 & 12, 1989.
Began shooting June 27, 1988.
Completed shooting July 17, 1988.
"The Feminine Eye" program celebrates New York Women in Film & Television's 20th anniversary.
Released in United States 1989 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival (out of competition) August 24-September 4, 1989.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown in New York City (BAM Rose Cinema) as part of program "The Feminine Eye: Twenty Years of Women's Cinema" January 28 - February 7, 1999.)
Released in United States 1990 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (West European Cinema) April 19 - May 3, 1990.)
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1989
Released in United States February 1989 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival (in competition) February 14 & 15, 1989.)
Released in United States March 1989 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival March 12-14, 1989.)
Released in United States May 1989 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (market) May 17 & 21, 1989.)
Released in United States September 1989 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 9 & 11, 1989.)
Released in United States October 1989 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 6 & 12, 1989.)
Released in United States November 1989 (Shown at London Film Festival November 10-26, 1989.)