Watch Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart

This Les Blank gem is a portrait of the Serbian-American communities of California and Chicago. During the California Gold Rush, the first Serbian immigrants arrived from the Balkan Peninsula to settle in the New World. Zivelli brings to the screen all of the vitality of Serbian traditions in a mosaic of folk music, and arts, Serbian Orthodox pageantry, and immigrant lore. Color. 51 minutes

Ziveli! Medicine for the Heart is a 1987 documentary with a runtime of 51 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.8.