| Summary: | The Klezmatics: on holy ground, is a feature-length documentary about the Grammy Award-winning, New York-based, klezmer band. The Klezmatics have made numerous television and radio appearances, including PBS's Great Performances series with Itzhak Perlman as well as on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion on NPR. In 2006 the band released "Wonder Wheel: Lyrics by Woody Guthrie." It was the their first English language LP and won a Grammy Award for Best World Music. Anjou and crew followed the Klezmatics for over three years capturing the band's highs, lows, and relentless march forward. Accolades *Closing Night Film San Francisco Jewish Film Festival *Closing Night Film Rochester Jewish Film Festival *World Premiere Toronto Jewish Film Festival *Official Selection Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival "Entertaining and revealing"-The Boston Globe. "As compelling as the music are the members' life stories and the push-pull dynamic of their creative process; this jazzy documentary by Erik Greenberg Anjou touches on not only Jewish survival but also how to make enduring art in a fluctuating industry."-Chicago Reader. "And it is the songs, with their echoes of loss, love and friendship, as much as the musicians' candid and complex relationship, that makes 'The Klezmatics: On Holy Ground' such a bittersweet and rewarding experience."-The Jewish Journal Boston North. "Mesmerizing"-The Epoch Times.
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