Molly's Pilgrim

  • Drama
1/1/1985
24

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Molly's Pilgrim is a 1985 American short film directed by Jeffrey D. Brown, based on the children's book of the same title by Barbara Cohen. It tells the story of Molly, a young Russian immigrant. When Molly's class is given a special holiday assignment, she shows her classmates the true meaning of Thanksgiving. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

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      • Geronimo1967

        This is quite a touching, low budget, drama that spends a little time with Molly (Sophia Eliazova). She and her parents are recent emigrants to the USA and having already anglicised her name, she is keen to integrate at school. Her teacher is supportive, but Elizabeth (Andrea Lawn) rather looks down her nose at her, and encourages others to laugh at her pronounced vowels. With Thanksgiving looming large, the class are given the task of understanding its pilgrim provenance and that includes the making of a doll to represent either the new arrivals or the native Americans who welcomed them. With loads of help from her mum (Polina Klimovitskaya) they create their own small definition of a pilgrim - one that doesnt quite conform to the norm tha...

        December 6, 2025

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