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The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground, is a feature-length documentary about the Grammy Award-winning, New York-based, klezmer band. The Klezmatics have made numerous television and radio appearances, including PBS's Great Performances series with Itzhak Perlman as well as on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion on NPR. In 2006 the band released "Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie." It was the their first English language LP and won a Grammy Award for Best World Music. Anjou and crew followed the Klezmatics for over three years capturing the band's highs, lows, and relentless march forward.

Accolades

*Closing Night Film San Francisco Jewish Film Festival *Closing Night Film Rochester Jewish Film Festival *World Premiere Toronto Jewish Film Festival *Official Selection Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival

"Entertaining and revealing" -The Boston Globe

"As compelling as the music are the members' life stories and the push-pull dynamic of their creative process; this jazzy documentary by Erik Greenberg Anjou touches on not only Jewish survival but also how to make enduring art in a fluctuating industry." -Chicago Reader

"And it is the songs, with their echoes of loss, love and friendship, as much as the musicians' candid and complex relationship, that makes 'The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground' such a bittersweet and rewarding experience. -The Jewish Journal Boston North

"Mesmerizing" -The Epoch Times

Running Time

182 mins

Nb videos

4 videos included

Kanopy ID

1122295

Filmmakers

Erik Greenberg Anjou

Languages

English

Subjects

Documentaries > Ethnicity & Identity

Documentaries > Art & Artists

Social Sciences > Jewish Studies

The Arts > Music

Global Studies & Languages > North American Studies

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