Red Shirley

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Red Shirley (2010)

Directed by Ralph Gibson, Lou Reed

Documentary · 28m

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.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Ralph Gibson, Lou Reed
Editor
Benjamin Flaherty
Producer
Tom Sarig, Lou Reed

Details

Release date
2010-04-20
Runtime
28m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
Snag Films