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AMNON'S JOURNEY
Monday, March 15, 6:30 PM at SIFF CINEMA AT MCCAW HALL
Director(s): Jean Marie Hosatte
Country: United States
Year: 2009
Length: 52 MINUTES
Format: DigiBeta PAL | Documentary
Language: French, Hebrew & English w/English subtitles
Special Guest(s) Information: Introduction by KING FM's morning host, Brad Eaton
About the Film
This moving, lyrical documentary recounts the fascinating and inspiring story of master violin maker Amnon Weinstein. For more than a decade, Amnon's quest recover violins played by Jews in the ghettos, camps and forests during the Holocaust. In his Tel-Aviv workshop, he lovingly restores these remnants of a thriving Jewish culture that was all but eradicated. Each instrument tells a unique story and in Amnon's skilled hands new life is breathed into each, bringing forth the voices of a lost generation. AMNON'S JOURNEY features stirring musical performances by international virtuosos Maestro Shlomo Mintz, Yair Dalal and Cihat Askin, and culminates with the breathtaking gala concert in Jerusalem's Old City on the occasion of Israel's 60th anniversary. "Violins of Hope" featured the Philharmonic Orchestra of Istanbul, Turkey and the Symphonette Orchestra of Ra'anana, Israel playing sixteen of Amnon's restored violins.
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