Raise The Roof Documentary

Rivaling the greatest wooden architecture in history the synagogues of 18th century poland inspired artists rick and laura brown of handshouse studio to embark on a 10 year pursuit to reconstruct the elaborate roof and painted ceiling of the gwoździec synagogue.

Raise the roof documentary.

A film about an improbable dream. Free screening of documentary film raise the roof co sponsored by the department of folklore ethnomusicology the russian east european institute the polish studies center and the borns jewish studies program screening of raise the roof with introduction and q a with professor barbara kirshenblatt gimblett wednesday february 26 2020. Filmmakers yari and cary wolinsky s beautifully photographed and rendered film raise the roof tells the story of this remarkable 10 year project against the backdrop of the 1000 year history of jews in poland. Raise the roof trailer.

A feature documentary by yari cary wolinsky. It highlights the optimism of a new generation and a growing dialogue between jews and poles about the past and the future providing a unique and positive way to connect with history. Raise the roof has enjoyed a wildly successful film festival run screening at more than 150 film festivals and winning six best documentary awards. Artists rick and laura brown are not jewish and not polish and yet they set out to rebuild gwoździec a magnificent wooden eighteenth century synagogue in poland that was later destroyed by the nazis.

Dvd bluray and dcp. Raise the roof is about a remarkable dream and a journey of rediscovery said director yari wolinsky. A documentary film dvd by yari wolinsky author 5 0 out of 5 stars 2 ratings. In 2014 the show stopping reconstruction of the gwozdziec synagogue roof was unveiled as the centerpiece of the new polin museum of the history of polish jews in warsaw.

6 years ago use the cc button on the right for polish subtitles artists rick and laura brown inspire an international team to reconstruct one of the magnificent wooden synagogues of poland the last of which were destroyed by nazis during world war ii. Their vision inspires hundreds of people to join them using their hands old tools and techniques to bring gwoździec s history culture science and art back to life. Filmmakers yari and cary wolinsky s beautifully photographed and rendered film raise the roof tells the story of this remarkable 10 year project against the backdrop of the 1000 year history of jews in poland. 2015 usa 85min screening formats.

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