Pushcarts and Plantations: Jewish Life in Louisiana (1998)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

How it feels

This documentary explores the 300-year history of Jewish communities in Louisiana, focusing on different regions like the North, South, and New Orleans. It combines interviews with historians and local people to share personal stories, little-known facts, and highlights of local heroes.

educationalinformativepersonalhistoricalreverentconversationalslow-paced

What happens

Pushcarts and Plantations is a 1998 documentary about Louisiana Jewry from award-winning director Brian Cohen. The documentary combines interviews with historians and locals to tell the 300-year-old history of different Jewish communities found in the North, South, and New Orleans. The documentary shares anecdotes about local heroes, little known facts, and personal accounts.[1] (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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