Black Honey, The Life and and Poetry of Avraham Sutskever

Uri Barbash

As long as Abraham Sutskever lived, he wouldn’t let a film about his life be made. Today, eight years after his passing, Black Honey tells the incredible story of the greatest Yiddish poet of modern times. The man who led the Paper Brigade underground movement that saved Jewish manuscripts from the Nazis, survived the WWII due to Stalin sending him a private rescue plane, testified in the Nuremberg Trials, and immigrated to Israel in 1947 where he led Yiddish culture, while writing in astonishing vitality.

Directors: Uri Barbash

Script: Uri Barbash, Hadas Kalderon

Producers: Yair Qedar, Itay Barkan, Hadas Kalderon

Editing: Ori Derdikman

Filming: Talia (Tulik) Galon

Soundtrack: Ami Arad

Music : Alon Lotringer

76 minutes | Israel | 2018 | Hebrew, English, Yiddish

Produced by
  • Avi Chai Foundation |
  • Gesher Multicultural Film Fund |
  • Claims Conference
Festivals and awards
Jerusalem Film Festival, 2018 The Avner Shalev - Yad VaShem Chairman's Award for Artistic Achievement in Holocaust related film
Israeli Film Festival, USA, 2018