Yippee
{{Short description|2006 documentary film by Paul Mazursky}}
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| name = Yippee
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| director = Paul Mazursky
| producer = Milton Kim
Paul Mazursky
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| starring = Paul Mazursky
| music = Walter Werzowa
| cinematography = Bill Megalos
| editing = Jeff Kanew
| studio = National Center for Jewish Film (NCJF)
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| runtime = 74 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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Yippee, also known as Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy, is a 2006 documentary film directed by and starring Paul Mazursky. The film follows Mazursky's journey to a small town in Ukraine, to witness and participate in a three-day festival of over 25,000 singing, dancing and praying Hasidic Jews.{{Citation|title=Yippee: A Journey to Jewish Joy (2006) - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0850359/|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17}} It was Mazursky's only documentary.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
Yippee made its North American debut at the 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
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Category:Films directed by Paul Mazursky
Category:Documentary films about Jews and Judaism
Category:Hasidic Judaism in popular culture
Category:2000s English-language films
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