"Jews, East European Social conditions." . . "Documentary films [DVD]" . . "New Video Group." . . . . "Jews, East European History." . . "Authors, Yiddish." . . "Jews, East European 19th century Social conditions." . . "Biography" . "Biography"@en . . "Documentary films" . "Documentary films"@en . . . . . . . . "Sholem Aleichem laughing in the darkness"@en . "Sholem Aleichem laughing in the darkness" . . "Nonfiction films" . "Nonfiction films"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A portrait of writer Sholem Aleichem, whose stories about Tevye the milkman became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Aleichem (1859-1916) was a rebellious wordsmith who created a new genre of literature and used his remarkable humor to encapsulate the realities of the Eastern European Jewish world in the late nineteenth century. Using a rich collection of archival footage, the film recreates a time in czarist Russia when Jews were second-class citizens and frequent scapegoats in times of social and political unrest." . "A portrait of writer Sholem Aleichem, whose stories about Tevye the milkman became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Aleichem (1859-1916) was a rebellious wordsmith who created a new genre of literature and used his remarkable humor to encapsulate the realities of the Eastern European Jewish world in the late nineteenth century. Using a rich collection of archival footage, the film recreates a time in czarist Russia when Jews were second-class citizens and frequent scapegoats in times of social and political unrest."@en . . . "Biographical films"@en . "Biographical films" . "Feature films" . "Feature films"@en . . . . . . . . . "A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it." . "A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it."@en . . . . . . . . "Laughing in the darkness"@en . "Laughing in the darkness" . . "Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness is a riveting portrait of writer Sholem Aleichem, whose stories about Tevye the Milkman became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Aleichem (1859-1916) was a rebellious wordsmith who created a new genre of literature and used his remarkable humor to encapsulate the realities of the Eastern European Jewish world in the late nineteenth century."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . "Sholem Aleichem : laughing in the darkness"@en . . . "Sholem Aleichem : laughing in the darkness" . . "Historical films" . "Jews, East European 19th century." . . "Authors, Yiddish Biography." . . "Riverside Film Productions." . . "hoopla digital." . . "Jews, East European." . . "Filmakers Library, inc." . . "1800 - 1899" . .