A Cantor on Trial

Feature. 10 min., B&W, Yiddish with English subt.
Directed by Sidney M. Goldin
Music by Sholem Secunda
This short film festures Loui Leybele Waldmann playing three different parts: an old world Eastern European then a German auditioning to be the synagogue cantor. Displeased with what they've heard and unable to agree, the synagogue committee is visited by Leibele's agent who offers them a third alternative: a modern an American Chazan, with 'pep and jazz,' who can do Kol Nidre with a 'two-step' and Unetaneh Tokef with a 'black bottom.'