Ellis Island Tales

1980 • 1h58m Documentary

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"Ellis Island Tales" - From 1892 to 1924, nearly 16 million emigrants from Europe passed through Ellis Island, a small block of land where a transit center was built, near the New York Statue of Liberty. "Ellis Island Tales, Stories of Wandering and Hope" - the book is composed of three major parts. Georges Perec and Robert Bober visited Ellis Island and with the help of texts and documents, restored what everyday life was about what some called "the island of tears".

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Director

Robert Bober

Screenplay

Georges Perec

Release date

11/25/1980

Status

Released

Origin country

FR