Name: The Catskills — The Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt film screening
Start: 2025-02-03T13:30:00-05:00
Location: 3501 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34239-6109, United States

$The Catskills \u2014 The Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt film screening$

Documentary film and discussion – Ticket price $15
At The Players Centre in The Crossings at Siesta Key mall
3501 South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239
Winner of the 2024 Miami Jewish Film Festival, this is a humorous and nostalgic tribute to the “Borscht Belt” from its beginning as a refuge for working-class Jews, to becoming a lavish summer playground for the affluent, to its eventual decline. The Catskills chronicles the cultural, historical and economic influences that created the Borscht Belt, provided a training ground for the great comedians of the 20th century, and became the inspiration for iconic films like Dirty Dancing.