The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Release Date: 2010 - Wide Release
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Film Genre: Post - Noir
Country: United States
Based on Michael Chabon novel, this is a contemporary scenario where Jewish settlers are about to be displaced by U.S. government's plans to turn the frozen locale of Sitka, Alaska, over to Alaskan natives. Against this backdrop is a noir-style murder mystery in which a rogue cop investigates the killing of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy who might be the messiah.