Hester Street
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Hester Street is a 1975 independent film about Jewish immigrants on New York’s Lower East Side, best known for Carol Kane’s acclaimed, Oscar-nominated performance.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hester Street canonical | 6 |
| Gitl in Hester Street | 1 |
| Hester Street (1975 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hester Street Context triple: [Carol Kane, notableWork, Hester Street]
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A.
Hester Street
Hester Street is a painting by American realist artist George Luks that vividly depicts the bustling life of New York City's Lower East Side immigrant community in the early 20th century.
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B.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill is a prominent historic battlefield in County Wexford, Ireland, best known as the site of a major engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
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C.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill is a small historic waterfront neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, known for its cobblestone streets and 19th-century industrial and residential buildings.
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D.
The Saint of Bleecker Street
The Saint of Bleecker Street is a 1954 opera by Gian Carlo Menotti that portrays religious visions, faith, and skepticism within an Italian-American community in New York’s Greenwich Village.
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E.
Balmy Alley
Balmy Alley is a famous alley in San Francisco’s Mission District known for its dense concentration of vibrant political and cultural murals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hester Street Target entity description: Hester Street is a 1975 independent film about Jewish immigrants on New York’s Lower East Side, best known for Carol Kane’s acclaimed, Oscar-nominated performance.
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A.
Hester Street
Hester Street is a painting by American realist artist George Luks that vividly depicts the bustling life of New York City's Lower East Side immigrant community in the early 20th century.
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B.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill is a prominent historic battlefield in County Wexford, Ireland, best known as the site of a major engagement during the 1798 Irish Rebellion.
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C.
Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill is a small historic waterfront neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, known for its cobblestone streets and 19th-century industrial and residential buildings.
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D.
The Saint of Bleecker Street
The Saint of Bleecker Street is a 1954 opera by Gian Carlo Menotti that portrays religious visions, faith, and skepticism within an Italian-American community in New York’s Greenwich Village.
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E.
Balmy Alley
Balmy Alley is a famous alley in San Francisco’s Mission District known for its dense concentration of vibrant political and cultural murals.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| academyAwardsYearOfCeremony | 1976 ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNominationRecipient | Carol Kane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Abraham Cahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kenneth Van Sickle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
early success for women directors in American independent film
ⓘ
important work in American Jewish cinema ⓘ |
| director | Joan Micklin Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionPattern | limited release ⓘ |
| distributor | Midwest Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Katherine Wenning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmColor | black-and-white ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| filmRatingSystem | MPAA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstShownAtFestival | Cannes Film Festival (Directors’ Fortnight) GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama film
ⓘ
independent drama film ⓘ |
| independentProductionStatus | low-budget independent film ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jewish immigrants
ⓘ
acculturation ⓘ assimilation ⓘ immigration to the United States ⓘ |
| mpaaRating | G ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Carol Kane’s acclaimed performance
ⓘ
portrayal of Eastern European Jewish immigrant life ⓘ use of Yiddish dialogue ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
English
ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ |
| producedBy | Raphael D. Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Midwest Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSource | 1896 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1975 ⓘ |
| role |
Carol Kane as Gitl
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doris Roberts as Mrs. Kavarsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Keats as Jake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Joan Micklin Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | Lower East Side, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod | 1890s ⓘ |
| stars |
Carol Kane
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doris Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Mel Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Keats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Hester Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gitl in Hester Street
this entity surface form:
Hester Street (1975 film)