JERRY SPRINGER'S KEW GARDENS STOP
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LAST STOP KEW GARDENS
LAST STOP KEW GARDENS
Wednesday April 22nd, 10 PM
WLIW CH 21
WLIW CH 21
Producer/Director: Robert H. Lieberman
Associate Producer/Editor: Richard Breyer
Executive Producer: Bill Gottdenker.
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Associate Producer/Editor: Richard Breyer
Executive Producer: Bill Gottdenker.
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Jerry SpringerLAST STOP KEW GARDENS traces the story of first generation American children raised by German and Austrian survivors of the Holocaust in Queens, New York. In the documentary film, Cornell University professor, novelist and filmmaker Robert H. Lieberman returns to his hometown to discover what happened to the children he grew up with in the German-speaking, refugee community of Kew Gardens in the 1940s and ’50s. Despite the enormous losses of their immigrant parents, Lieberman discovers that many of his peers prospered, including talk show host Jerry Springer, Emmy® award-winning producer/writer Joshua Brand, co-creator of TV series “St. Elsewhere” and “Northern Exposure,” Rona Elliot of NBC’s “Today,” and comedian Robert Schimmel. On Wednesday, April 22 at 10 p.m., WLIW21 New York Public Television presents the exclusive broadcast premiere of LAST STOP KEW GARDENS as part of special programming in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Beginning in 1938 a wave of Jewish refugees fleeing from Hitler’s reign across central Europe arrived on the shores of New York City. Having lost the only culture they had known to the Nazis, these people suddenly had to reinvent themselves in a strange, new environment. Many chose to settle in the small Queens village of Kew Gardens, where German was spoken on the streets and shops catered to their tastes. LAST STOP KEW GARDENS explores how the children of these up-rooted immigrants became Americanized and went on to become prominent citizens who have enriched all aspects of our culture. Lieberman’s journey conveys the experience of being raised by survivor parents, capturing how each person’s life was profoundly affected by their parents’ background, and how each overcame the burdens of the past to succeed.The making of LAST STOP KEW GARDENS was triggered by an article Lieberman wrote reminiscing about his childhood in Queens, which resulted in an overwhelming response of emails and phone calls from around the world. It was then that Lieberman initiated a reunion at PS 99, the elementary school he and his cohorts attended—and which, as a film producer, he couldn’t resist filming. This, in turn, started a quest that took him from London to California to Washington and points beyond to interview these “children” who were now spread across the globe. For more information, visit: www.kewgardensmovie.com.
Beginning in 1938 a wave of Jewish refugees fleeing from Hitler’s reign across central Europe arrived on the shores of New York City. Having lost the only culture they had known to the Nazis, these people suddenly had to reinvent themselves in a strange, new environment. Many chose to settle in the small Queens village of Kew Gardens, where German was spoken on the streets and shops catered to their tastes. LAST STOP KEW GARDENS explores how the children of these up-rooted immigrants became Americanized and went on to become prominent citizens who have enriched all aspects of our culture. Lieberman’s journey conveys the experience of being raised by survivor parents, capturing how each person’s life was profoundly affected by their parents’ background, and how each overcame the burdens of the past to succeed.The making of LAST STOP KEW GARDENS was triggered by an article Lieberman wrote reminiscing about his childhood in Queens, which resulted in an overwhelming response of emails and phone calls from around the world. It was then that Lieberman initiated a reunion at PS 99, the elementary school he and his cohorts attended—and which, as a film producer, he couldn’t resist filming. This, in turn, started a quest that took him from London to California to Washington and points beyond to interview these “children” who were now spread across the globe. For more information, visit: www.kewgardensmovie.com.
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