Red Shirley

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

28 min

Cast:

Shirley Novick, Lou Reed

Quality:

HD

Director:

Ralph Gibson, Lou Reed

Release:

2010

Country:

United States

Rating:

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