Peter Balakian, Foster Hirsch to introduce Elia Kazan’s ‘America, America’

Fort Lee, N.J. — On Sunday, Sept. 13 at 5 p.m., the Barrymore Film Center will screen Elia Kazan’s 1963 Oscar-winning film, America, America.  Nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and winner of the Academy Award for Best Director, America, America is a black-and-white film of expressionistic realism. The film, which Kazan called his favorite, combines a personal story with a significant historical context. Set in the late 1890s, during a period of oppression and