Red Shirley

28 mins
Lou Reed interviews his cousin, Shirley Novick (Shulamit Rabinowitz), on the eve of her 100th birthday. Shirley recalls growing up in a small village in Poland during World War I; fleeing to the United States by way of Canada during World War II and losing her parents to the Nazis; toiling for 47 years in New York City's garment district, where she became a labor activist; reuniting with her sisters, who had emigrated to Palestine; and taking part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.

Ralph Gibson

Director

Lara Day

Coordinating Producer

Lou Reed

Producer

Cat Celebrezze

Researcher

Lou Reed

Director

Ralph Gibson

Cinematography

Eric Kramer

Sound Editor

Tom Sarig

Producer

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