Bravo!FACT Shorts by Province : (Rock the) Belz
Socalled blends traditional Yiddish song with multilingual rap, which is complimented by Eastern European-inspired puppetry and a hip-hop shooting style in this film that combines unlikely elements into a brilliant artistic work.
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(Rock the) Belz
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- (Rock the) Belz
- Director: Kaveh Nabatian; Music: Socalled, featuring Sans Pression and Theodore Bikel; Puppeteer: Clea Minaker; Producer: Sach Baylin-Stern, NúFilms
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