Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness

This documentary is a portrait of Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem, whose popular Teyve stories inspired the Broadway smash +Fiddler on the Roof. Peter Riegert and Rachel Dratch narrate the film, which features rare archival footage and an interview with Aleichem's granddaughter, author Bel Kauffman.