Song of the Lodz Ghetto (the Documentary)
Presented by: Toronto Jewish Film Festival
World premiere of David Kaufman's documentary, Song of the Lodz Ghetto, with the music of Brave Old World
The Ashkenaz Festival and the Toronto Jewish Film festival present the world premiere of a new documentary film by David Kaufman:
SONG OF THE LODZ GHETTO with the music of Brave Old World
The haunting musical program of songs from the Lodz Ghetto, as performed by Brave Old World, is the framework on which producer/director David Kaufman has created the definitive new documentary about the Lodz Ghetto, the second largest ghetto in Poland. Made up equally of chilling narrative, evocative music, and unforgettable photographs, this is the first major film to feature extensive interviews with survivors of the Holocaust from Lodz.
The film focuses on the lives of two historical figures: the Ghetto’s beloved and popular street-singer, Yankele Herszkowicz, whose remarkable songs lifted the spirits of the Jews of the ghetto when their lives were full of despair, and whose own tragic life mirrored the fate of Polish Jewry, and the despotic, Nazi-appointed Jewish leader of the ghetto, Chaim Rumkowski. The documentary also explores in detail daily life in the ghetto and the uplifting role that music and culture played for ghetto dwellers who faced the constant presence of terror and death. This history of the Lodz Ghetto is an extraordinary Holocaust narrative.
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Runs: Sep 2, 2010
At: Sheppard Grande Cinema, 4861 Yonge Street, Toronto
Playing: Thursday
Times: 7 p.m.
Cost: $10
Getting there:
Yonge line to Sheppard
For more information contact:
David Kaufman
Phone:
416-398-007
Email:
dkaufmanSPAMFILTER@sympatico.ca
