"Based on a book by Isidore Zolotarefsky, Love and Sacrifice is a prime example of shund—escapist melodrama born on the Yiddish stage. Shot over two days in a New York City loft on a miniscule budget, the film portrays a long-suffering middle-class matron who goes to prison for shooting the man who compromises her. Producer Joseph Seiden described it in his original advertising copy as follows: “You’ll see a tender yet mighty picture drama. Hot with a living breath of a story as old as the ages, new as tomorrow!” Love and Sacrifice was restored by The National Center for Jewish Film."
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From left to right, Aviva Weintraub (The Jewish Museum, NYJFF Director), Sharon Rivo (Executive Director, National Center for Jewish Film, Brandeis University), and Esta Salzmann
(Yiddish theater and film actress; one of the stars of the film).
(Yiddish theater and film actress; one of the stars of the film).
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