Bain, Brian

The documentary film "Shalom Y'all," directed by third-generation southern Jew and New Orleans, La., native Brian Bain, details Jewish culture and identity in the American South. In the film, Bain travels 4,200 miles by car across the same route his grandfather took as a traveling salesman. Bain interviews a variety of southern Jews, including a Jewish African American police chief, a kosher butcher, a Golden Gloves boxer, and a former congressman. He also explores the role played by southern Jews in a variety of historical settings, such as the American Civil War, the civil rights movement, and the Ku Klux Klan.

From the description of Brian Bain collection of materials on "Shalom y'all," 1999-2004. WorldCat record id: 232633706

The documentary film Shalom Y'all, directed by third-generation southern Jew and New Orleans, La., native Brian Bain, details Jewish culture and identity in the American South. In the film, Bain travels 4,200 miles by car across the same route his grandfather took as a traveling salesman. Bain interviews a variety of southern Jews, including a Jewish African American police chief, a kosher butcher, a Golden Gloves boxer, and a former congressman. He also explores the role played by southern Jews in a variety of historical settings, such as the American Civil War, the civil rights movement, and the Ku Klux Klan.

Note adapted from the Shalom Y'all website: http://www.shalomyall.com/shalom-yall/about.php, accessed 30 April 2008.

From the guide to the Brian Bain collection of materials on, Shalom Y'all, 1999-2004, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)