PVJFF: Jews of the Wild West

For two weeks each year, the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival brings the best of Jewish cinema to enthusiastic audiences throughout the region. Many films that are screened at the PVJFF would not find distribution elsewhere in Western Massachusetts.

Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival (PVJFF)

The Massachusetts premiere of the 2022 documentary "Jews of the Wild West"

Springfield Jewish Community Center

From cowboys and gunslingers to entrepreneurs and artists, the colorful and largely overlooked contributions of Jews on the American frontier are revealed in this lively portrait. Escaping oppression and poverty, Jewish families joined other settlers in search of a better life. By the early 1900s, over 100,000 Jews put down roots in the Wild West, from Guggenheim and Levi Strauss to everyday merchants and cattlemen. A young Golda Meir spent formative years in Denver, and notorious Wyatt Earp, Bronco Bill, and Pancho Villa had Jewish connections. Fascinating interviews and a trove of archival materials recall the legacy and pioneering spirit of those who definitively shaped westward expansion. (Source: Atlanta Jewish Film Festival)DOCUMENTARY | 2022 | 80 MINUTES | USA | ENGLISH
DIRECTED BY AMANDA KINSEY

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