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
Benjamin Flaherty
Editor
Cat Celebrezze
Researcher
Jill Allison Opell
Researcher
Ralph Gibson
Cinematography
Eric Kramer
Sound Editor
Tom Sarig
Producer