Eve Sicular

Eve Sicular has written and lectured widely on Yiddish and early Russian filmmaking, including The Celluloid Closet of Yiddish Film; Edgar Ulmer’s Cinema of Contagion: Yiddish Gothic Plague meets TB Screen Crusade; and Ideology & Montage, her thesis at Harvard on pioneering Soviet compilation director Esfir’ Shub. As drummer and bandleader for both Isle of Klezbos and Metropolitan Klezmer, Eve has produced international tours from Vienna to Vancouver, collaborations with artists such as Jill Sobule and Scissor Sisters, and seven albums to date (with an ongoing focus on lesser-known vintage soundtrack music). In addition to curatorial positions for YIVO’s film & photo collections and the MoMA /National Center for Jewish Film landmark series “Bridge of Light: Yiddish Film Between Two Worlds,” Eve’s archival interests also led her to create the Off-Off Broadway musical documentary hit “J.Edgar Klezmer: Songs from My Grandmother’s FBI Files.” Photo by Gwenyth Reitz.