Photo of Lin Shaye
Photo of Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye

“I think the first thing is don't give up. If you love the craft. If you love being a detective and discovering who a character is and the detail of how they walk and what kind of shoes they wear and what did they do yesterday and what's important to them.”

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    HESTER STREET

    JOAN MICKLIN SILVER United States, 1975

    Carol Kane was nominated for an Oscar® as the wide-eyed protagonist in Joan Micklin Silver’s miraculous first feature. A milestone in American independent cinema, this bittersweet, Yiddish slice-of-life explores the tussle between tradition and assimilation for immigrant Jews on the Lower East Side.

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