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"Body & Soul" + "Cantor on Trial" | National Center for Jewish Film's Annual Film Festival 2017
Sunday, May 7, 5:00 pm @ West Newton Cinema
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE Put on your dancing shoes for this toe-tapping documentary. Music broke the color barrier before the U.S. Army and before baseball. The American Songbook was forged in part by the collaboration of African Americans and Jewsand by their conflicts as well. This film swings as it looks at the relationship between black and Jewish musicians in the Jazz Age. Featuring Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Johnny Green, Libby Holman, Jack Hylton, John Coltrane, and Louis Armstrong. Winner, Best Music Documentary San Francisco Black Film Festival.
Dir: Robert Philipson | USA | 2016 | 58m | English
Preceded by A CANTOR ON TRIAL World Premiere - New Digital Restoration Restored by The National Center for Jewish Film Dir: Sidney Goldin | USA | 1931 | 10m | Yiddish w/ English subs
Hilarious 1931 comedy short starring Leibele Waldman with music by Sholom Secunda.
_________________________________ Screening as part of: The National Center for Jewish Films 20th Annual Film Festival May 4-21, 2017
Full festival program: www.jewishfilm.org
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LocationWest Newton Cinema (View)
1296 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02465
United States
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