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  • 2006
  • Ergo Media
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2006
  • Ergo Media
  • 1 h 35 m
A Cantor's Tale

Summary The tradition of Eastern European Jewish cantorial music is alive and well in modern America in no small part thanks to the efforts of Brooklyn-born Cantor Jacob Mendelson. "Jackie," as he is affectionately called by everyone, explores the American roots of "hazzanut"( Jewish liturgical music) while taking us on a musical voyage that spa...

Directed By: Erik Greenberg Anjou

  • 2006
  • Ergo Media
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2006
  • Ergo Media
  • 1 h 35 m

A Cantor's Tale

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Summary The tradition of Eastern European Jewish cantorial music is alive and well in modern America in no small part thanks to the efforts of Brooklyn-born Cantor Jacob Mendelson. "Jackie," as he is affectionately called by everyone, explores the American roots of "hazzanut"( Jewish liturgical music) while taking us on a musical voyage that spa...

Directed By: Erik Greenberg Anjou

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Both a biographical portrait and an exploration of the tradition of Jewish liturgical music in America.
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The movie is most engaging when following Mr. Mendelson around his old neighborhood, Borough Park, which, we learn, is simply teeming with bakers whose singing is on a par with their knishes.
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With its outlandish stories, obsession with masculine ego, and focus on an absurd, forgotten subculture, A Cantor's Tale is the stuff Ben Stiller movies are made of: All that's missing is the part for Owen Wilson.
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Delightful documentary A Cantor's Tale casts a fond eye back at the "golden age" of chazzanut (Jewish liturgical music) and its star performers in the Brooklyn of yesteryear.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Anjou-LeGasse Entertainment, Film Video Arts
Release Date Sep 1, 2006
Duration 1 h 35 m
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Website http://www.acantorstale.com/
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