‘Mr. Bernstein’ by Francine Zuckerman
We won best short film at the Toronto International Short Film Festival and now our wee gem ‘Mr Bernstein’ is coming to La! If you love music, or you love a great story, wow is this is ever for you. We all know you’re jaded L.A. folks, and that you’re totally inundated, and we know you’ll love this so we’d Love You To Go!
Leonard Bernstein’s performance of Rhapsody in Blue at a Displaced Person’s Camp after the war helped Schaja, a Polish Jewish baker, transition from despair to hope. Many years later, at the news that Mr. Bernstein is coming to New Zealand, Schaja’s daughter tracks down the conductor, with unexpected consequences.
The producer Deb Filler is telling her own story in the movie:
It took yeeeeears for this project to simmer, brew, we pleaded and we begged for it,...
We won best short film at the Toronto International Short Film Festival and now our wee gem ‘Mr Bernstein’ is coming to La! If you love music, or you love a great story, wow is this is ever for you. We all know you’re jaded L.A. folks, and that you’re totally inundated, and we know you’ll love this so we’d Love You To Go!
Leonard Bernstein’s performance of Rhapsody in Blue at a Displaced Person’s Camp after the war helped Schaja, a Polish Jewish baker, transition from despair to hope. Many years later, at the news that Mr. Bernstein is coming to New Zealand, Schaja’s daughter tracks down the conductor, with unexpected consequences.
The producer Deb Filler is telling her own story in the movie:
It took yeeeeears for this project to simmer, brew, we pleaded and we begged for it,...
- 9/20/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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