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Preview for Song Searcher: The Times and Toils of Moyshe Beregovsky

Song Searcher is the story of a man’s lifelong search for authentic Yiddish folk music and of his unique archive, which was presumed to be lost forever. Moyshe Beregovsky, a musician and scholar, crisscrossed Ukraine with a phonograph in hand during the most dramatic years of Soviet history. He rescued the Living Voice of his people from the flames of the Holocaust but paid for it with his life.

12/17/2022 | Rating TV-G

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Song Searcher

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Preview: Special | 30s

Song Searcher is the story of a man’s lifelong search for authentic Yiddish folk music and of his unique archive, which was presumed to be lost forever. Moyshe Beregovsky, a musician and scholar, crisscrossed Ukraine with a phonograph in hand during the most dramatic years of Soviet history. He rescued the Living Voice of his people from the flames of the Holocaust but paid for it with his life.

12/17/2022 | Rating TV-G

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