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Moyshe Beregovsky (Moses Beregovsky), a musician and scholar, crisscrossed Ukraine with a phonograph in hand during the most dramatic years of Soviet history in order to record and study the traditional music of Ukrainian Jewry. His work began in the 1920s and led to his arrest and imprisonment in a Stalinist labor camp in 1950. Most of those he recorded on hundreds of fragile wax cylinders were shot by the Nazis and tossed into countless mass graves. Ultimately, Beregovsky succeeded in saving the musical heritage of the centuries-old Yiddish civilization. He rescued the Living Voice of his people from the flames of the Holocaust but paid for it with his life.
Accompanying the film premiere is a discussion with director Elena Yakovich, producer Natalie Azarov, and executive producer Victorina Petrossiants, and moderator Cantor Lisa Segal. To view the conversation please click here.
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Sponsored by Jania Victoria & Dean Ziff.
The 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival virtual program is made possible with the generous support of Benjamin Nahum and Tamar Roodner.
- Year2021
- Runtime82 minutes
- LanguageRussian
- CountryRussian Federation
- PremiereNorth American Premiere
- DirectorElena Yakovich
- ScreenwriterElena Yakovich
- CastElena Baevskaya, Irina Sergeeva, Anna Shternshis
- CinematographerLeonid Zamchinsky
- EditorAlexander Kryukov
We would appreciate your support if you would like to donate to our efforts and help cover our streaming costs. Please consider donating when "Unlocking" the film or by clicking here.
Moyshe Beregovsky (Moses Beregovsky), a musician and scholar, crisscrossed Ukraine with a phonograph in hand during the most dramatic years of Soviet history in order to record and study the traditional music of Ukrainian Jewry. His work began in the 1920s and led to his arrest and imprisonment in a Stalinist labor camp in 1950. Most of those he recorded on hundreds of fragile wax cylinders were shot by the Nazis and tossed into countless mass graves. Ultimately, Beregovsky succeeded in saving the musical heritage of the centuries-old Yiddish civilization. He rescued the Living Voice of his people from the flames of the Holocaust but paid for it with his life.
Accompanying the film premiere is a discussion with director Elena Yakovich, producer Natalie Azarov, and executive producer Victorina Petrossiants, and moderator Cantor Lisa Segal. To view the conversation please click here.
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Sponsored by Jania Victoria & Dean Ziff.
The 2022 Miami Jewish Film Festival virtual program is made possible with the generous support of Benjamin Nahum and Tamar Roodner.
- Year2021
- Runtime82 minutes
- LanguageRussian
- CountryRussian Federation
- PremiereNorth American Premiere
- DirectorElena Yakovich
- ScreenwriterElena Yakovich
- CastElena Baevskaya, Irina Sergeeva, Anna Shternshis
- CinematographerLeonid Zamchinsky
- EditorAlexander Kryukov