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Red Shirley

0 %|Apr 20, 2010|Documentary

Lou Reed interviews his cousin, Shirley Novick (Shulamit Rabinowitz), on the eve of her 100th birthday. Shirley recalls growing up in a small village in Poland during World War I; fleeing to the United States by way of Canada during World War II and losing her parents to the Nazis; toiling for 47 years in New York City's garment district, where she became a labor activist; reuniting with her sisters, who had emigrated to Palestine; and taking part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.

Featured Crew

Lou Reed
Director
Ralph Gibson
Director
Ralph Gibson
Cinematography
Lou Reed
Producer
Tom Sarig
Producer
Benjamin Flaherty
Editor
Eric Kramer
Sound Editor
Cat Celebrezze
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