SELECTED SCREENINGS
Washington DC Jewish Community Center (2009)
Argentina
International Jewish Film Festival (2005)
Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival (2002)
Jerusalem International Film Festival (2002)
London Jewish Film Festival (2002)
Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival (2002)
San Diego Film Festival (1999)
Mill Valley Film Festival, California (1998)
Stockholm Jewish Film Festival (1998)
St. Louis Jewish Film Festival (1998)
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival (1998)
Miami Jewish Film Festival (1998)
Montreal Jewish Film Festival (1997)
Festival of Jewish Cinema, Australia (1997)
Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival (1997)
Boston Jewish Film Festival (1997)
New York Jewish Film Festival (1996)
Pacific Film Archive (1995)
RESTORED BY NCJF
The cantor
of the Vilna Synagogue, played by the great real-life cantor Moishe Oysher,
leaves behind his prayers to perform in the Warsaw Opera. He struggles
to balance the appeal of his newfound fame and notoriety with feelings
of guilt and responsibility toward his family and community.
Featuring
perhaps the most convincing scenes of synagogue life in any fiction film,
Overture
to Glory begins during the morning service on Rosh Hashanah
and ends at Kol Nidre, making the story a kind of redemptive journey during
the days of awe.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
"...one
of the major events of the Jewish cinema... Moishe Oysher's voice is truly
magnificent...."
The New York Post
"The
entire film is done with exquisite restraint... Moishe Oysher's acting
and singing are excellent... the music is magnificent, the finest that
Alexander Olshanetsky has ever written... truly an artistic and beautiful
triumph of the Yiddish cinema...."
William Edline, The Day (Der Tag)
"Seldom
has the Jewish faith been more nobly and beautifully espoused as it is
in this film.... A milestone in the course of Yiddish film making."
Robert W. Dana, The New York Herald Tribune
PRESS
Tablet
Magazine on "Singing Sensation: Moishe Oysher" (July, 2010)
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ALSO WITH MOISHE
OYSHER
The
Cantor’s Son
The
Singing Blacksmith
Singing
in the Dark
Great
Cantors 2 Disc Set
ALSO WITH HELEN BEVERLEY
Green Fields
The Light Ahead
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