Join a virutal discussion with Louise Palanker over Zoom about Barbra Streisand's Oscar winning film Yentl. 

Synopsis: Yentl is a 1983 American romantic musical drama film directed, co-written, co-produced by, and starring Barbra Streisand. It is based on Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer's play of the same name, itself based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy."

The dramatic story incorporates humor and music to relate the story of an Ashkenazi Jewish girl in Poland who decides to dress and live like a man so that she can receive an education in Talmudic Law after her father dies. The film's musical score and songs, composed by Michel Legrand, include the songs "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" and "The Way He Makes Me Feel", both sung by Streisand. The film received the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture—Musical or Comedy and Best Director for Streisand, making her the first, and only, woman to have won Best Director at the Golden Globes.

The film can be viewed from home on Amazon or iTunes.

RSVP to Ruby Vargeson at rvargeson@sbjf.org.