Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 7:00pm
At the Sheppard Grande Theatre - $10 Buy Tickets
Song of the Lodz Ghetto (2010)
Long-awaited film by Toronto filmmaker David Kaufman about the protest songs created in the Nazi ghetto of Łódź, in occupied Poland, and their transformation by the group Brave Old World into a contemporary concert program.
Co-presented by Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Sunday, September 5th at 7:00pm
In the Studio Theatre, Toronto Harbourfront Centre
Paint What you Remember (2009)
Story of the life of late Mayer Kirshenblatt of Toronto and his paintings. Mayer Kirshenblatt, born in Opatów, Poland, was a member of the Polish-Jewish Heritage Foundation
Co-presented by Toronto Jewish Film Festival
Monday, September 6th at 1:00pm
at the Enwave Theatre - $25 in advance, $30 day of show Buy Tickets
A Night In The Old Marketplace
Grammy award-winning klezmer giant Frank London mixes Jewish, jazz, and world beats in his unique adaptation of a phantasmagorical Yiddish play, written in 1907 by I.L. Peretz, a Yiddish language author and playwright born in Zamość, Poland.
Performed by an outstanding group of 10 musicians and singers plus a narrator, the tragicomic "shtetl ghost love story" is an unforgettable performance experience.
For the complete program of the Ashkenaz Festival go to http://www.ashkenazfestival.com