Re: Jewish films

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Few distributors of any sort will rent videocassettes (film prints, yes; but
the financial return on tape rental, and the problems of pirating, cassette
tracing, etc., make tapes really only worth selling).  Some public libraries
and community centers buy and circulate Yiddish films on VHS tape, though;
and I have seen specialty video rental stores outside NYC with good foreign
film sections which stock Yiddish titles.  Let them know there's a demand,
and maybe they'll carry some.

That being said, for large selections of Yiddish films on celluloid and tape,
try the National Center for Jewish Film (at Brandeis--where prints are
restored) and Ergo Media (call 800 information), both of whom supply the
Workmen's Circle etc.