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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.
Three Mothers
A tale of three beautiful triplets from Egypt, told over 60 years, as they come to terms with long-buried secrets and passions.
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.