So they were very interested in presenting my mother's work. MS: Cohen Media Group is interested in introducing to the public films that are important but may not be as well known. MF: Can talk a little bit about how this restoration came about, and how Cohen Media Group got involved? But also, I think that she represented the beginning of a breakthrough, which is still ongoing, for women having the ability to get their due as film directors. So I think that her work was both interesting on its own terms, you know, each film. For a lot of people at that time it was just an unusual thing for a woman to make a successful feature film. The first feature film she made,'Hester Street,' was made on a shoestring budget, and was a success. There were very few before her, and even during that time. What was remarkable about her was, she was one of the first women directors who was able to do that.

Marisa Silver: She made a series of independent films in the 1970s and the 80s. Moviefone: Can talk a bit about your mother’s career in general and why it was so trailblazing? Silver’s daughter Marisa Silver, a filmmaker and novelist, sat down with Moviefone at the New York Film Festival to discuss the new restoration and the impact of her mother’s films. Cohen Media Group’s new 4k restoration had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival and is now playing in theaters in New York City, Washington D.C., and Los Angeles. It was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2011 for its cultural contribution to American cinema. When first released in 1975, the independently released take on immigrant Jews in 1890s New York City received widespread acclaim, and an Oscar nomination for its star Carol Kane. Her first film, ' Hester Street,' is the latest film to receive a restoration.

In recent years, Cohen Media Group acquired the rights to several of her films, releasing a critically-lauded restoration of her second film ' Between The Lines' in 2019. Trailblazing filmmaker Joan Micklin Silver passed away last New Year’s Eve, leaving behind an indelible legacy of cinema. Carole Kane in Joan Micklin Silver's 'Hester Street.' Cohen Media Group is behind a 4k restoration of the movie.

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