'Salt for Svanetia' film with Moishe's Bagel
A concert set from Moishe’s Bagel followed by the film screening after the interval. Moishe’s Bagel are Phil Alexander, keyboards; Greg Lawson, violin; Mario Caribe, bass; Pete Garnett, accordion; and Guy Nicolson, percussion. ‘Salt for Svanetia’ (1930, USSR, 55 mins, b & w, PG) is the last great documentary of the Silent Era from Director Mikhail Kalatozov. the band bring their exhilarating blend of jazz inflected Eastern European and klezmer music to create a new score for Mikhail Kalatozov’s remarkable Soviet film. Kalatozov’s visually striking and at times disturbing film originally promoted Soviet measures to modernise the isolated Svan people of the Caucasus Mountains in north-west Georgia and is a dramatic combination of ethnographic history and socialist realism. ‘Exhilarating, full-flavoured stuff, often breathtakingly intricate but played with jubilation … the Bagels acquire the momentum of an express train’ The Herald Please note that the film contains scenes depicting animal cruelty and slaughter which some viewers may find upsetting.Date: 03/10/15
Start Time: 7.30 pm
Venue: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, TDC main hall
Audience Numbers: 39
Type: Film and Music