Sunday 28 June 2009

INDEPENDENT LENS | AT HOME IN UTOPIA | Film Clip #3 | PBS


"http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/at... A home of your own: that’s the American dream. But what happens when the dreamers are immigrants, factory workers and Communists? Director Michal Goldman traces the history of "The Coops," a cooperative apartment complex built in the Bronx by Jewish garment workers. The film tracks the rise and fall of the community from the 1920s into the 1950s, bearing witness to lives lived across barriers of race, convention and sometimes even common sense.

In this clip, former residents of the Coops recall celebrating May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, and marching in parades.

AT HOME IN UTOPIA premieres Tuesday, April 28 on INDEPENDENT LENS, a weekly series airing on PBS. Hosted by Terrence Howard, the acclaimed series showcases powerful and innovative independent films. Presented by ITVS, INDEPENDENT LENS is broadcast on PBS stations nationwide."

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