Joe's Violin

Joe's Violin
Directed by	Kahane Cooperman
Produced by	Kahane Cooperman; Raphaela Neihausen
Music by	Gary Meister
Cinematography	Bob Richman
Edited by	Amira Dughri; Andrew Saunderson
Distributed by	The New Yorker
Release date	April 14, 2016 (Tribeca);
Running time	24 Minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Cast

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

Reception

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

Awards

2017: Academy Awards – Best Documentary Short Subject - Nominated[4]

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References

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.
Amber Janieson (26 April 2016). "Joe's Violin: a Holocaust survivor, a schoolgirl and an unlikely friendship". The Guardian.
Nicholas Alexander Brown (29 May 2016). "When Music Restores Faith in Humanity". Huffington Post.
Variety, Staff (2017-01-24). "Oscar Nominations: Complete List". Variety. Retrieved 2017-01-24.

External links

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[grisar2020-1] 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.

[Guard-2] Amber Janieson (26 April 2016). "Joe's Violin: a Holocaust survivor, a schoolgirl and an unlikely friendship". The Guardian.

[Huff-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.