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Event poster for HIS PEOPLE

HIS PEOPLE (1925), with live musical accompaniment by Alexander Fedoriouk, cimbalom, Steven Greenman, violin, and Catalin Petrescu, double bass.

The Cleveland Silent Film Festival presents a free screening of the 1925 film HIS PEOPLE at the Cleveland Public Library Main Auditorium as part of the film series "Cleveland Silent Film Festival at CPL: Celebrating 100 Years." The film is a sensitive portrayal of Jewish family life on the Lower East Side as they struggle with cultural assimilation. Shown in a restoration by the National Center for Jewish Film and accompanied by an original klezmer-infused score by Alexander Fedoriouk, cimbalom, Steven Greenman, violin, and Catalin Petruscu, double bass. The event will be followed by a free reception.

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