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A cantor's tale

Title
A cantor's tale / Erik Greenberg Anjou and Film/Video Arts present ; in association with Titan Frog Productions ; a film by Erik Greenberg Anjou ; produced and directed by Erik Greenberg Anjou.
Publication
Teaneck, NJ : Ergo Media, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Anjou, Erik
  • Mendelson, Jacob
  • London, Frank
  • Dershowitz, Alan M.
  • Lazar, Matthew
  • Mason, Jackie
  • Malovany, Joseph
  • Miller, Benzion
  • Mizrahi, Alberto
  • Titan Frog Productions, producer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro
  • Film/Video Arts, producer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro
  • Ergo Media Inc., distributor. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dst
Description
1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"Cantor Jacob Mendelson .. explores the American roots of 'hazzanut' (Jewish liturgical music) while taking us on a musical voyage that spans the Atlantic, originating in his birthplace of Boro Park, Brooklyn and reaching all the way to Jerusalem"--Container.
Subject
  • Mendelson, Jacob
  • Cantors (Judaism) > United States
  • Jewish chants
  • Synagogue music
  • Borough Park (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Biographical films.
  • Videodiscs.
Note
  • Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2005.
  • Special features: additional scenes; filmography, discography, biography; Weblinks.
  • Title from disc.
  • Aspect ratio 16:9.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Sam Henriques; editor, Karlyn Michelson; music, Frank London.
Performer (note)
  • Guest appearances: Alan Dershowitz, Matthew Lazar, Jackie Mason, Dr. Joseph Levine, Ben-Zion Miller, Joseph Malovany, Alberto Mizrahi, Neil Shicoff.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, NTSC, Region 1.
Language (note)
  • In English with occasional Yiddish; liturgical music in Hebrew; some Yiddish and Hebrew words have English definitions in subtitles.
LCCN
651945077499
OCLC
  • ocn191821786
  • 191821786
  • SCSB-9445114
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries