Liberty Heights
“You're only young once, but you remember forever.”
Drama
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.
VIBE
A warm, nostalgic look at adolescence and family in the 1950s. It captures the awkwardness of first love and the sting of prejudice with a gentle, earnest touch. Feels like a fond memory.
nostalgicearnesttenderbittersweetsteadyperiod dramaslice-of-lifecharacter-drivencoming-of-ageidentityprejudicefamily
high schooljewish lifebaltimoreusacoming of ageanti-semitisminterracial relationshipracismwaspsemi autobiographicaljewish family1950s
