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Jews of the Wild West

It is a feature length documentary. The independent not-for-profit film is produced by Electric Yolk Media and directed by award-winning filmmaker Amanda Kinsey. Through on-camera interviews, compelling footage, and historical pho...

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Amanda Marshall Kinsey

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documentary, history, western

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Electric Yolk Media

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https://www.jewsofthewildwest.com/

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Jessica Herzstein

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Jacqueline Mates Muchin

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[Singing in Hebrew] - Jews of the Wild West

[Singing in Hebrew]

The Great Train Robbery was
a silent film released in 1903, - Jews of the Wild West

The Great Train Robbery was a silent film released in 1903,

Bronco Billy Anderson,
also known as Gilbert Anderson, - Jews of the Wild West

Bronco Billy Anderson, also known as Gilbert Anderson,

He was a Jewish actor
and he played four roles. - Jews of the Wild West

He was a Jewish actor and he played four roles.

Bronco Billy was the first celebrity cowboy, - Jews of the Wild West

Bronco Billy was the first celebrity cowboy,

There's a belief that, well, East
Coast is the only place to be Jewish. - Jews of the Wild West

There's a belief that, well, East Coast is the only pla...

How can you be Jewish in a place
where you can't get good bagels? - Jews of the Wild West

How can you be Jewish in a place where you can't get go...

Interestingly, 1903 was also the year
that Emma Lazarus' the New Colossus - Jews of the Wild West

Interestingly, 1903 was also the year that Emma Lazarus'...

"Give me your tired, your poor, - Jews of the Wild West

"Give me your tired, your poor,

My name is Scott Gerber,
but my Jewish name is Shoyle Baer. - Jews of the Wild West

My name is Scott Gerber, but my Jewish name is Shoyle Baer.

My great grandfather who I'm named
from, they were in Ukraine. - Jews of the Wild West

My great grandfather who I'm named from, they were in U...

The oppression that Jews
have been experiencing - Jews of the Wild West

The oppression that Jews have been experiencing

They were leaving behind Europe, - Jews of the Wild West

They were leaving behind Europe,

My grandfather, when he was of age
to serve in the Tsarist's army, - Jews of the Wild West

My grandfather, when he was of age to serve in the Tsarist&#...

He somehow got a furlough, - Jews of the Wild West

He somehow got a furlough,

The United States as a whole represented
freedom, liberty, hope. - Jews of the Wild West

The United States as a whole represented freedom, liberty, h...

Many Jews who arrived
in New York City realized - Jews of the Wild West

Many Jews who arrived in New York City realized

We know that there is a much
darker kind of tone - Jews of the Wild West

We know that there is a much darker kind of tone

But at that time, to Jews
going to the United States, - Jews of the Wild West

But at that time, to Jews going to the United States,

They'd come either through Galveston, - Jews of the Wild West

They'd come either through Galveston,

They'd say, "Ah, here's a place to settle. " - Jews of the Wild West

They'd say, "Ah, here's a place to settle....

A lot of horseback work,
as a ranch hand. It means a lot. - Jews of the Wild West

A lot of horseback work, as a ranch hand. It means a lot.

Antisemitism, was not, it was present, - Jews of the Wild West

Antisemitism, was not, it was present,

For Jewish people who had been
living in legalized, systemic, - Jews of the Wild West

For Jewish people who had been living in legalized, systemic...

More important for her was that you knew - Jews of the Wild West

More important for her was that you knew

Josephine Marcus Earp was born in 1860. - Jews of the Wild West

Josephine Marcus Earp was born in 1860.

Her parents were Jewish immigrants - Jews of the Wild West

Her parents were Jewish immigrants

The Marcus family were sort
of struggling in New York, - Jews of the Wild West

The Marcus family were sort of struggling in New York,

San Francisco was the center of the Gold Rush. - Jews of the Wild West

San Francisco was the center of the Gold Rush.

From a Jewish perspective,
it had been settled pretty early. - Jews of the Wild West

From a Jewish perspective, it had been settled pretty early.

You know the old joke
about two Jewish families - Jews of the Wild West

You know the old joke about two Jewish families

It was such an important community
that on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, - Jews of the Wild West

It was such an important community that on Rosh Hashanah and...

No one told more tall tales
about their past than Josephine. - Jews of the Wild West

No one told more tall tales about their past than Josephine.

She told everybody that her father
was a wealthy German merchant - Jews of the Wild West

She told everybody that her father was a wealthy German merc...

Of course, theater was huge
in San Francisco in this era. - Jews of the Wild West

Of course, theater was huge in San Francisco in this era.

She ran away from home to become an actress. - Jews of the Wild West

She ran away from home to become an actress.

She wasn't a particularly good actress, - Jews of the Wild West

She wasn't a particularly good actress,

The young Josephine was a showstopper. - Jews of the Wild West

The young Josephine was a showstopper.

She would come into a room - Jews of the Wild West

She would come into a room

Tombstone was one of the biggest
of the mining towns. - Jews of the Wild West

Tombstone was one of the biggest of the mining towns.

A Jewish city girl
in the territories was very unusual. - Jews of the Wild West

A Jewish city girl in the territories was very unusual.

I think it was part of the way in - Jews of the Wild West

I think it was part of the way in

Wyatt was drop-dead handsome. - Jews of the Wild West

Wyatt was drop-dead handsome.

Tall and straight and serious-looking,
and that bushy mustache. - Jews of the Wild West

Tall and straight and serious-looking, and that bushy mustac...

Really, there was a reason that he became
known as the "Lion of Tombstone" - Jews of the Wild West

Really, there was a reason that he became known as the "...

Chemistry brought them together - Jews of the Wild West

Chemistry brought them together

I imagine because we don't know for sure - Jews of the Wild West

I imagine because we don't know for sure

Wyatt Earp and his brothers
were prominent at the time. - Jews of the Wild West

Wyatt Earp and his brothers were prominent at the time.

Josephine was the apex of a love triangle. - Jews of the Wild West

Josephine was the apex of a love triangle.

On the one hand, you had her former lover, - Jews of the Wild West

On the one hand, you had her former lover,

And then, on the other hand, - Jews of the Wild West

And then, on the other hand,

So they were both lawmen
but with different jurisdictions - Jews of the Wild West

So they were both lawmen but with different jurisdictions

The day of the O. K. Corral, - Jews of the Wild West

The day of the O. K. Corral,

There were a number of robberies
leading up to that moment. - Jews of the Wild West

There were a number of robberies leading up to that moment.

You had Johnny Behan
and his supporters on one side, - Jews of the Wild West

You had Johnny Behan and his supporters on one side,

And then you had Wyatt and his brothers
and Doc Holliday on the other side. - Jews of the Wild West

And then you had Wyatt and his brothers and Doc Holliday on ...

Gunshots started, no one knew
exactly who fired the first one. - Jews of the Wild West

Gunshots started, no one knew exactly who fired the first on...

And the only person who was
standing, the only person - Jews of the Wild West

And the only person who was standing, the only person

The aftermath of the gunfight at the O. K. - Jews of the Wild West

The aftermath of the gunfight at the O. K.

Corral went on for months, - Jews of the Wild West

Corral went on for months,

Josephine visits with her parents, - Jews of the Wild West

Josephine visits with her parents,

Wyatt shows up in San Francisco, - Jews of the Wild West

Wyatt shows up in San Francisco,

They had a lifetime of adventure
that just never ended. - Jews of the Wild West

They had a lifetime of adventure that just never ended.

They followed the frontier
wherever the frontier took them. - Jews of the Wild West

They followed the frontier wherever the frontier took them.

It took them eventually
to the frontier of Alaska, - Jews of the Wild West

It took them eventually to the frontier of Alaska,

You've probably heard
the expression "The Frozen Chosen," - Jews of the Wild West

You've probably heard the expression "The Frozen C...

Then towards the end
of their life, Hollywood beckoned, - Jews of the Wild West

Then towards the end of their life, Hollywood beckoned,

Frontiers can be defined
in lots of different ways. - Jews of the Wild West

Frontiers can be defined in lots of different ways.

Underneath it all was a sense of adventure, - Jews of the Wild West

Underneath it all was a sense of adventure,

Josephine never hid that she was Jewish. - Jews of the Wild West

Josephine never hid that she was Jewish.

Henry Fonda played the role of Wyatt
Earp in My Darling Clementine. - Jews of the Wild West

Henry Fonda played the role of Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clem...

And when he was prepping for the role, - Jews of the Wild West

And when he was prepping for the role,

Josephine was
very, very good at public relations - Jews of the Wild West

Josephine was very, very good at public relations

When Wyatt died, it was
a front-page news story. - Jews of the Wild West

When Wyatt died, it was a front-page news story.

No one knew where Wyatt was
buried for almost 30 years, - Jews of the Wild West

No one knew where Wyatt was buried for almost 30 years,

And there they are in the Hills
of Eternity in Colma, California. - Jews of the Wild West

And there they are in the Hills of Eternity in Colma, Califo...

I think at the end of his life, - Jews of the Wild West

I think at the end of his life,

Some came by land and some by sea
to seek their fortunes and fame, - Jews of the Wild West

Some came by land and some by sea to seek their fortunes and...

When people think of Levi Strauss, - Jews of the Wild West

When people think of Levi Strauss,

Levi Strauss was born Löb Strauss - Jews of the Wild West

Levi Strauss was born Löb Strauss

There had been this really draconian
law passed called the Judenedikt. - Jews of the Wild West

There had been this really draconian law passed called the J...

It specified that Jewish men could - Jews of the Wild West

It specified that Jewish men could

They were expected to become
farmers or small merchants, - Jews of the Wild West

They were expected to become farmers or small merchants,

So it was very difficult for young
Jewish men to make a living - Jews of the Wild West

So it was very difficult for young Jewish men to make a livi...

Levi's father died in 1846 and his mother
had no choice, but to emigrate. - Jews of the Wild West

Levi's father died in 1846 and his mother had no choice...

There was not only no job
for Levi as a young man, - Jews of the Wild West

There was not only no job for Levi as a young man,

Young Levi, who was still named Löb
at this point, and his two sisters - Jews of the Wild West

Young Levi, who was still named Löb at this point, and his t...

They might have had a storefront, - Jews of the Wild West

They might have had a storefront,

And they had retail customers in New York
City, maybe down at the docks. - Jews of the Wild West

And they had retail customers in New York City, maybe down a...

In late 1849, 1850, news
of the California Gold Rush was - Jews of the Wild West

In late 1849, 1850, news of the California Gold Rush was

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It is a feature length documentary. The independent not-for-profit film is produced by Electric Yolk Media and directed by award-winning filmmaker Amanda Kinsey. Through on-camera interviews, compelling footage, and historical pho...

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Director: Amanda Marshall Kinsey

Writer: Amanda Marshall Kinsey

Production: Electric Yolk Media

Genre: documentary, history, western

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

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Released: 01 Jan 2022

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Homepage: https://www.jewsofthewildwest.com/