Rock n' Roll Rabbis
The feature rockumentary Rock n' Roll Rabbis takes viewers on a musical journey into the little-known world of Orthodox rock, profiling religious Jews who reconcile the asceticism of Orthodox Judaism with a rock n' roll lifestyle. This intimate portrait focuses on four of the most prominent rock n' roll acts, as the camera follows these religious individuals backstage, into the studio, and finally on Yidstock, an international tour.
Hartley Update
The Toronto-based production team for Rock n' Roll Rabbis consists of Director/Co-Producer Ilan Saragosti, whose most recent film was the award-winning A Match Made in Seven about the Jewish SpeedDating phenomenon, and the producers of legendary filmmaker Allan King's most recent film Dying at Grace - Co-Producer Sarah Zammit and Executive Producer Kathy Avrich-Johnson.
Preliminary shooting is underway in New York. Interviews and concerts with Yosi Piamenta, "The Hasidic Hendrix," reggae phenom Matisyahu, Greenwich Village folky Rav Shmuel, Israeli rockers Moshav Band, and young heartthrobs Blue Fringe are on the production schedule.
The budget for Rock n' Roll Rabbis is $330,000 and the documentary is scheduled for completion in 2005.
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For More Information
For more information, you can contact Ilan Saragosti, the filmmaker, at:
Saragossa Films
45 Humberside Avenue
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M6P 1J6
(416) 769 9764
as above (fax)
E-mail: isaragosti@shaw.ca
For more information, you can contact Sarah Masters, Hartley Managing Director
Phone: 1-800-937-1819 or 203-226-9500
E-mail: masters@hartleyfoundation.org
Website: www.hartleyfoundation.org
Hartley Film Foundation, Inc.
Westport, CT 06880