This Ukrainian-Jewish teenager immigrated to San Francisco as a young child. Now on the brink of adulthood she interviews her grandparents about their new American lives yearning to see her adopted world through their eyes. Yelena understands that life in the US has changed her profoundly, in the movie she uncovers at what price.
Crew: Yelena Altman, Olga Altshuler, Edward Baraona, Lauren Brown-Cornell, Hallie Forman, Adam Liss, Klaira Markenzon, Gary Podvalny, Rachel Roller, Yelena Shuster, Sophie Topolsky
[...] babushka tried teaching me how to cook the traditional Ukranian dish galuptzi for “Yelena’s Story.” (Also, I think, with the goal of landing said husband in mind). Though I haven’t [...]