Red Shirley (2010)

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.

Released April 20, 2010 28 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, tmdb.biography, mdblist.imdb-short

Production Companies: Snag Films

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English