Film
Yentl
- 8:45PM
Barbra Streisand fought for over a decade to bring her dream project—a musical adaptation of an Isaac Bashevis Singer story—to the screen. In the process, she defied industry skeptics and became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a Hollywood film. The tale of a young Jewish woman who disguises herself as a man in order to receive an education, Yentl is both a dazzling showcase for its auteur and a complex interrogation of traditional gender roles and Jewish orthodoxy.
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