BURNING OFF THE PAGE

Director Eli Gorn brings to the screen the important legacy of erotic Yiddish poet Celia Dropkin, who dared to put her lust and longing shamelessly front and centre in her poetry. Her radical life and work are igniting new recognition.

It’s New York City in the ‘roaring 20s, and Celia Dropkin is shocking and delighting the literary world with work that generated huge ripples…right up to today… She was a liberating spirit with little regard for social norms – a forerunner for greater sexual freedom for women. Nothing short of radical for her times. And she did all this in Yiddish!

With Guests: Director Eli Gorn and Faith Jones on Saturday

With Guest: Director Eli Gorn on Sunday afternoon