Full Description
A young man jumps into his old Cadillac on a search for himself and his unique Southern Jewish roots. Covering 4,200 miles through Delta flatlands, small towns in Mississippi, suburban subdivisions, Texas ranches and sprawling Sunbelt metropolises, he discovers the vibrant regional culture that blends the Old World with the New South. A Southern story with a Jewish flavor, this documentary delivers a rite of passage, an homage to family, a youthful adventure, and a spiritual journey.
Filmmaker Bio(s)
At age thirty, I was struck with the question, what is my identity - American, southern or Jewish? I grew-up listening to my grandfather's stories about his days traveling the highways and byways of the South as a hat salesman. "The southern Jew is more genteel than the northern Jew - genteel, not gentile," he'd say. His thoughts inspired me to set out on a journey to discover my cultural roots by meeting Jews all across the
American south. My grandfather sent me on my odyssey - with an old hat as a memento of his "happy hat days." The hat survived the 4,200-mile trip intact, and I came back a changed man.
