Special Program: Music
See (and hear!) these music-filled offerings in the 27th SFJFF:
Revel in the rhythms of Arabic classical music in Between Two Notes
Get down with New York’s cutting-edge Orthodox bards in The Chosen Ones
Swing to the klezmer-jazz fusion of Paul Shapiro’s score performed live at His People
Tune in to Daniel Barenboim’s classical genius in Knowledge Is the Beginning
Luxuriate in the luscious voice of Israeli singer Yasmin Levy in Ladino
Savor the sounds of Myriam Fuks and Yiddish in Yiddish Soul
Films
Between Two Notes
A filmmaker travels across the Middle East in search of the roots of classical Arabic music while uncovering a hidden aspect of her own heritage.
Chosen Ones, The
Wendla Nolle travels to Manhattan in search of the face of young Jewish music and serves up a sampler of this hip new generation.
His People
Join us for a one-time-only musical event: a 1925 silent Jewish boxing classic set in NY's Lower East Side, accompanied live by Paul Shapiro's jazz sextet playing his new film score.
Knowledge Is the Beginning
In the 1990s, conductor Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian-born writer and professor Edward Said created the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. This unusual hybrid of a concert movie and a political documentary chronicles the life of the orchestra.
Ladino - 500 Years Young
Yasmin Levy, an electrifying Israeli singer, is trying to preserve the musical culture of Ladino, the ancient language of the Jews of Spain, now in danger of disappearing.
Yiddish Soul & Concert Yiddish Soul
This two-part concert film and documentary showcases the stars of Europe's new Yiddish and klezmer music revival, a diverse and intergenerational assortment of musicians.