Joe's Violin is a 2016 American short documentary film directed by Kahane Cooperman, and produced by Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen, that follows a moment in the life of a Polish survivor of the Holocaust from the time he decides to drop off his 70-year-old violin during a local instrument drive through the violin's acquisition by a new owner, a 12-year-old girl from the Bronx, and recounts how the experience changes both their lives.

Joe's Violin
Directed byKahane Cooperman
Produced byKahane Cooperman
Raphaela Neihausen
CinematographyBob Richman
Edited byAmira Dughri
Andrew Saunderson
Music byGary Meister
Production
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Lucky Two Productions
Distributed byThe New Yorker
Release date
  • April 14, 2016 (2016-04-14) (Tribeca)
Running time
24 Minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

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  • Joe Feingold – as himself. Holocaust survivor.[1]
  • Regina Feingold
  • Brianna Perez – as herself. School girl.
  • Kathleen Drohan

Reception

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The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on 14 April 2016.[2][3]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ Grisar, P. J. (17 April 2020). "Joseph Feingold, survivor and documentary subject, dies at 97". The Forward. Retrieved 22 April 2020. Joseph Feingold, a Holocaust survivor, architect and memoirist whose gift of music brought a unique friendship to a South Bronx community died April 15 of pneumonia and COVID-19. He was 97. Jozef Fajngold was born to socialist parents on March 23, 1923 in Warsaw. His father, Aron, a carpenter, and mother Ruchele (nee Jakubowski), a polyglot homemaker, encouraged his musical education by purchasing him a violin when he was five and paying for lessons with a local teacher.
  2. ^ Amber Janieson (26 April 2016). "Joe's Violin: a Holocaust survivor, a schoolgirl and an unlikely friendship". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Nicholas Alexander Brown (29 May 2016). "When Music Restores Faith in Humanity". Huffington Post.
  4. ^ Variety, Staff (2017-01-24). "Oscar Nominations: Complete List". Variety. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  5. ^ "Oscar Nominations 2017: See the Full List". Vanity Fair. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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