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A documentary film. The story of musician and scholar Moisei Iakovlevich Beregovskii who crisscrossed Ukraine with a phonograph in hand during the years of Soviet history to record and study the traditional music of Ukrainian Jewry. The film contains footage and archival recordings.

Director : Elena Yakovich

Duration : 83

Language : English, Russian

Participate and Win

A Documentary film about the famous russian violonist Leonid Kogan.. Born in the Soviet Union, Leonid Kogan began to play violin at the age of 6. When he was 9 years old, his violin teacher said to the boy's parents that their son was too good for him. The same year Leonid was sent to Moscow to study violin at the music school for gifted children. Kogan's talent blossomed so much that in 1951 the Soviet government sent him to compete at the prestigious violin contest in Brussels. Over there he took the first prize and from that moment on Kogan's career took off. For 30 years he was recognized among the best in...

Director : Semyon Pinkhasov, Nikita Liamzine

Production Year : 2017

Duration : 48

Language : English, Russian

Reinventing Rosalee

A documentary film. Rosalee Glass, a 101-year-old Holocaust survivor, taken prisoner to a Russian gulag in Siberia during WW2. After being taken to Kazakhstan and later to a Displaced Persons Camp in Germany, she made her way to America. She shares her story of survival and transforms her destiny by living her life to the fullest after a life-changing tragedy during her senior years, where she lost her will to live. But miraculously, she found the strength that would transform her life and enable her to live her dreams. In her late 80's, she started an acting career. At 94 won a Senior beauty pageant. She was...

Director : Lillian Glass

Production Year : 2018

Duration : 80

Language : English

BRICHA JEWISH ESCAPES FROM POST-WAR LITUNIA

סרט דוקומנטרי המתחקה אחר סיפור בריחתם של ניצולי השואה משטחי ליטא של אחרי מלחמת העולם השנייה, בדרכם לארץ ישראל.

Director : Jonas Öhman

Production Year : 2009

Duration : 21

Language : Russian