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.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Shirley Novick, Lou Reed
Crew: Lou Reed (Director), Ralph Gibson (Director), Ralph Gibson (Cinematography), Lou Reed (Producer), Tom Sarig (Producer), Benjamin Flaherty (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Snag Films
Runtime: 28 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 20, 2010
IMDb: 10
Keywords:biography
