Independent Lens “At Home in Utopia” | Courtesy of the Coops reunion committee/ITVS
Michal Goldman, Ellen Brodsky; a co-production of Michal Goldman and the Independent Television Service (ITVS), with funding provided by CPB.
Waltham, MA
New York City police in the Great Depression called it Little Moscow, but for the 2,000 Jewish immigrant residents of the United Workers Cooperative Colony (“the Coöps”), it was their first taste of the American dream. This film bears witness to an epic social experiment, following two generations of residents and their commitment to radical ideas of racial equality and rights for tenants and workers.
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