It is the first element of the museum s.
Raise the roof synagogue.
The crew has only six weeks to hew saw and carve 200 freshly logged trees and assemble the structure.
They set out to reconstruct a lost synagogue.
Working against a seemingly impossible deadline and despite torrential downpours and exhaustion the team must create the structure and disassemble it again for.
Raise the roof follows the browns and the handshouse studio team to sanok poland as they begin building the new gwoździec roof.
Leading over 300 students and professionals from 16 countries the browns.
Directed by yari wolinsky.
Barbara kirshenblatt gimblett duration.
Check your local listings for times and dates of broadcasts.
Raise the roof will be broadcast multiple times on public television stations throughout the united states as part of the jewish film showcase through october 31 2019.
Raise the roof is the story of this epic journey.
After working for ten years with hundreds of students educators scholars and craftsmen the browns gwozdziec synagogue reconstruction project has become the iconic centerpiece of the new polin museum of the history of polish jews in warsaw.
Courtesy of maga starowieyska.
The three films being broadcast as part of the jewish film showcase are.
Jewish film showcase 2018 public television schedule.
Screening of the film raise the roof and a discussion with prof.
Rivaling the greatest wooden architecture in history the synagogues of 18th century poland inspired artists rick and laura brown of handshouse studio to embark on a 10 year pursuit to reconstruct the elaborate roof and painted ceiling of the gwoździec synagogue.
The gwozdziec synagogue roof structure installed in the polin museum of the history of polish jews in raise the roof.
April 13th 2013 the replica roof a 17th century synagogue was installed at the museum of the history of polish jews.