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Blue Note: The Story of Modern Jazz
… and more recent events recreate an era of American cultural history. All sing praise to these two 'schwingers'. …
The Dybbuk - Der dibuk
… Ansky's deep perception of the shtetl's religious and cultural mores, as well as his insightful appreciation of … The film's exquisite musical and dance interludes evoke the cultural richness of both pre-WWI shtetl communities and …
Chants de sable et d'etoiles - Chants of Sand and Stars
… … Middle East … America … North Africa … East … Africa … Cult … Chazzan … Cultural contact and exchange … Documentary … Chants de …
A Man from Munkasc: Gypsy Klezmer
… … Yiddish … World War II - 2nd World War - WW2 … Klezmer … Cult … Cultural contact and exchange … Documentary … Gypsy … Rom … …
Klezmer on Fish Street (JIMF)
… will you have met a Polish Jew? Is the revival of Jewish culture in Poland today only the culture or is Jewish life being revived as well? These and … earlier. As this 'next generation' of proponents of Yiddish culture explores their roots, the grandmother searches her …
Comedian Harmonists
… cinematic and theater productions turned the city into the cultural capital of the world. Harry Frommermann, a …
Vagabond Stars: a world history of Yiddish theater
… … Europe … Ghetto … Ghetto songs … Diaspora … Chorus … Culture … Immigrants … Composers … Ashkenazi … Nahma Sandrow …
The Epstein Brothers Orchestra: Kings of Freylekh Land
… an exciting journey into the American-Jewish musical and cultural experience of the past 100 years. Max Epstein ranks …
Ben Ami
… Land of Israel to work as a farmer. Goldfaden had some difficulty staging his new drama, until Boris Thomashevsky agreed …
Goldfaden's Legacy: The Origins of Yiddish Theater
… work of Abraham Goldfaden. The film highlights the pre-war cultural relations between the Romanian and local Jewish … of the New York Yiddish Theater on popular American culture. The film touches on modern revivals of popular …