A frugal Jewish émigré fashioned a sovereign identity through clothing and décor. Film by Bianca Giaever and Elori Kramer Narrated by Maira Kalman Written by Alex Kalman and Maira Kalman Subscribe: vimeo.com/newyorker Follow us: twitter.com/newyorkervideo Watch more videos at newyorker.com/video

In Cuba, where women are banned from competitive boxing, a thirteen-year-old girl steps into the ring. Subscribe: vimeo.com/newyorker Follow us: twitter.com/newyorkervideo Watch more videos at newyorker.com/video

An animation based on the magazine cover, co-produced by The New Yorker and “This American Life.” Created by Chris Ware and John Kuramoto, with interviews and narration by Ira Glass and music by Nico Muhly.

At eighty-seven years old, Richmond Shepard has devoted his life to the art of nonverbal communication. Subscribe: vimeo.com/newyorker Follow us: twitter.com/newyorkervideo Watch more videos at newyorker.com/video

Defying expectations for a woman of her generation, Jane Little earned a Guinness World Record for longest tenure in an orchestra. Subscribe: vimeo.com/newyorker Follow us: twitter.com/newyorkervideo Watch more videos at newyorker.com/video