Seekers of Happiness(1936)

movie - first aired/released 1936-09-25 - audience 6.8

Directed by Vladimir Korsh

During the 1920s, many impoverished Jews searching for a better life made their way to Birobidzhan, the Soviet Jewish Autonomous Region on the Chinese border. This melodrama tells the story of a Jewish family's immigration to Birobidzhan and their experiences as settlers on a collective farm in the area.