Jewish Britain on Film chronicles extraordinary – and some wonderfully ordinary – scenes of 20th Century Jewish life, unearthed by film archives across the nation.

Jewish Britain on Film

Synopsis

Narrated by Isy Suttie (Peep Show, Pearl & Dave), the footage includes rare scenes of an Edwardian Petticoat Lane; a wedding in London’s East End in 1925; the defeat of the British Union of Fascists at Cable Street; Britain’s earliest surfing film, an interview with actor Maureen Lipman at the beginning of her career and many more surprising and tender moments in history captured on screen. 

Francesca Ter-Berg (Fran & Flora, Sam Lee) provides a beautiful original soundtrack. 

Credits

72 minutes, UK 

Narrated by ISY SUTTIE

Score composed by FRANCESCA TER-BERG 

Produced by ALEX DAVIDSON, MEKELLA BROOMBERG and JON SPIRA 

Written, directed and edited by JON SPIRA 

Produced by JW3, this archive film tour has been made possible with support from the BFI, awarding funds from The National Lottery and the Shoresh Charitable Trust. 

On tour and at JW3 cinema from May 2023.