Lessons From a Tailor

Lessons From a Tailor Synopsis

Martin Greenfield has worked as a tailor in Bushwick, Brooklyn for decades. He learned the art of tailoring while imprisoned in a nazi concentration camp. After being liberated and emigrating to New York, Mr. Greenfield rose from floor boy, to owner of a garment factory producing custom men's suits. Along the way he clothed celebrities, power brokers, and heads of state, including president Bill Clinton.

His classic sense of style brought him success and allowed him to give back to the city that took him in as a young man. He now provides jobs for hundreds of working class people, most of them immigrants, and produces top quality clothing the old-fashioned way. This film tells his story, and offers a glimpse inside one of the few remaining hand-made suit factories in the world.