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Movies about poor, struggling or poverty stricken jewish people in modern america?

posted a year ago by orangeflava (1746)
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I was looking for movies about poverty or people struggling in the projects or ghetto or just trying to make ends meet in modern america and i came across a few of these:

The Glass Castle
The Florida Project
Hillbilly Elegy
Moonlight
Nomadland
8 Mile
Boyz n Da Hood
Emily The Criminal
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Pursuit of Happyness
Harsh Times
Hustle & Flow
House of Sand and Fog
Precious

There are many more and I have not seen the first three but i was asked for some that feature jewish families struggling in modern/current america. What are some films that depict this?

[–] spacecomedy (2013) a year ago

Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)

[–] orangeflava (1746) a year ago

is that a comedy or drama? never seen it

[–] spacecomedy (2013) a year ago

Bit of both. Good film.

[–] Mustang (5274) a year ago

A Walk on the Moon (1999) they aren't poverty stricken though, more working class. And it's set in the 1950's if that still counts as modern?

[–] MonStar (12070) a year ago

King of the Corner (2004)

[–] orangeflava (1746) a year ago

I saw the trailer for this and they don't seem to be in poverty. the main character is an ad executive or something like that unless i'm mistaken?

[–] MonStar (12070) a year ago

That was the wrong title. I was thinking of "White Irish Drinkers" (2010), but I don't think that the characters were Jewish. Peter Reigert played the owner of a failing theater, that somehow arranged to get a one-night-only concert by the Rolling Stones. But I'm not sure if his character was supposed to be Jewish. It has a great ending.

[–] orangeflava (1746) a year ago

The title may give it away, lol

But looks like an interesting film and I love Karen Allen so I'll definitely give that film a lookse!

[–] nyctc7 (42007) a year ago

Hester Street (1975) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073107/

[–] BillHicksFan (10249) a year ago

"Lies My Father Told Me"
https://youtu.be/QePaGdACGzo

[–] Noufa (383) a year ago

Menashe.

And maybe I'm misremembering but was the family in E.T. Jewish?