The Sturgeon Queens
Directed by Julie Cohen8.26.0
Four generations of a Jewish immigrant family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium that survives and thrives. Produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the store, this documentary features an extensive interview with two of the original daughters for whom the store was named, now 100 and 92 years old, and interviews with prominent enthusiasts of the store including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, chef Mario Batali, New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer. Rather than a conventional narrator, the filmmakers bring together six colorful longtime fans of the store, in their 80s and 90s, who sit around a table of fish reading the script in the style of a passover Seder.
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The Sturgeon Queens was released on January 20, 2014.
The Sturgeon Queens was directed by Julie Cohen.
The Sturgeon Queens has a runtime of 53m.
The Sturgeon Queens was produced by Julie Cohen.
Four generations of a Jewish immigrant family create Russ and Daughters, a Lower East Side lox and herring emporium that survives and thrives. Produced to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the store, this documentary features an extensive interview with two of the original daughters for whom the store was named, now 100 and 92 years old, and interviews with prominent enthusiasts of the store including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, chef Mario Batali, New Yorker writer Calvin Trillin, and 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer. Rather than a conventional narrator, the filmmakers bring together six colorful longtime fans of the store, in their 80s and 90s, who sit around a table of fish reading the script in the style of a passover Seder.
The key characters in The Sturgeon Queens are Self (Josh Russ Tupper), Self (Hattie Gold), Self (Niki Russ Federman).
The Sturgeon Queens is rated Not Rated.
The Sturgeon Queens is a Documentary, Comedy, Family film.
The Sturgeon Queens has an audience rating of 8.2 out of 10.