The Bent Tree (1980)

  
Format:  The Bent Tree DVD 
 
 
Sally Heckel's beautiful sand animation short brings the Yiddish folk song "Oyfn Veg Shteyt a Boym" to life as a delightful fable, relating the story of a young girl yearning to discover the world around her, but shielded from her surroundings by her mother. 4 min. Soundtrack: Yiddish. In Yiddish; no subtitles.
 
SKU: D87005
$13.49
Regularly $14.99
Category:
Foreign
Rated:
NR
Color:
Color
Closed Captioned:
 No

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