WJMF/WJFF: Defiant Requiem |
Washington Jewish Music Festival and WJFF Year-Round present: Film: Defiant Requiem Featuring Music Director Murry Sidlin Emmy-winner Bebe Neuwirth narrates the little-known story of a group of Theresienstadt prisoners who bravely organize a powerful form of musical resistance. Under the leadership of imprisoned conductor Rafael Schächter, a group of over 150 inmates performed Verdi’s Requiem – a song of death reimagined as a message of hope and justice – in front of the Nazi high command. Director Doug Shultz (85min, Czech Republic/USA, 2012) Co-sponsor: Foundation for Jewish Studies, The Generation After See the entire Festival line-up here! Date:
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