Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness serves as an effective primer on its subject, as well as an evocative portrait of the era in which he lived.
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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness

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Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness
Movie Info
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Director -
Joseph Dorman -
Producer -
Joseph Dorman -
Screenwriter -
Joseph Dorman -
Distributor -
International Film Circuit [us] -
Genre -
Documentary -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 8, 2011, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Mar 30, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$906.7K -
Runtime -
1h 33m