Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream

Name: Streit's: Matzo and the American Dream
Genre: History, Family, Documentary
Released: April 20, 2016
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 60

2016

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Menemsha Films | Release Date: April 20, 2016 | Not Rated

Summary: Since 1925 the Streit’s matzo factory has sat in a low-slung tenement building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. While other matzo companies have modernized, Streit’s remained a piece of living history, churning out 40 percent of the nation’s unleavened bread on pre-War machinery as old as the factory itself. In a neighborhood where theSince 1925 the Streit’s matzo factory has sat in a low-slung tenement building on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. While other matzo companies have modernized, Streit’s remained a piece of living history, churning out 40 percent of the nation’s unleavened bread on pre-War machinery as old as the factory itself. In a neighborhood where the Jewish immigrants long ago moved on, in a nation where progress and profits trump all else, where manufacturing has left the cities if not the country, where family businesses are bought out by giant corporations and workers move from job to low paying job, filmmaker Michael Levine captures the Streit’s saga and echos the American Dream.… Expand

Director: Michael Levine

Genre(s): History, Family, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 83 min

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Diana Clarke

Apr 21, 2016

This gripping documentary about unleavened bread and the people who need it asks us to consider what we in the world owe one another — and demands that we do better. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Apr 21, 2016

This lively and engaged documentary lives up to its name. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Apr 21, 2016

The movie was always going to be a record of another unique New York institution, making way for another glass box. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 21, 2016

The documentary will nonetheless strike an emotional chord with anyone who's grown up eating the product it celebrates. And over the course of 100 years, that's a lot of matzos. Read full review

Clayton Dillard

Apr 18, 2016

Michael Levine provides a history without a real sense of individuated struggle or even singular personage. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Apr 21, 2016

Despite much talk of diversity and tradition, Mr. Levine has little fresh to say about gentrification issues or documentary storytelling. Read full review

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BHBarry

Apr 20, 2016

"Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream" is a documentary film written, directed and photographed by Michael Levine. As its title indicates, the film is the story of the Streit family and their baking of this traditional Passover food for almost 100 years. Starting in a tenement building on"Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream" is a documentary film written, directed and photographed by Michael Levine. As its title indicates, the film is the story of the Streit family and their baking of this traditional Passover food for almost 100 years. Starting in a tenement building on Rivington Street in downtown Manhattan, it is also the story of enterprising Jewish immigrants and their realization of the American dream. Still using equipment and processes dating back since the beginning of the company’s existence, the film tells the story through the eyes and ears of the now 5th generation owners and their dedicated employees. The film, as is the case where the director and writer are one and the same, is badly in need of editing and could easily have been made into a shorter presentation rather than the 75 minutes it took to tell the tale. Nevertheless, the film documents the plight and perseverance of the new immigrants and their attempt to succeed in what for them was truly the land of opportunity. I give the film a 6 because., as entertainment per se, it has no depth nor is it able to hold the audience's interest for too long but, as a piece of history, it must be highly regarded for it imparts information to all of us who have either eaten or heard about this cardboard-like bread substitute that observant Jews eat each Passover holiday.… Expand

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