Gilad and All That Jazz
Producer: Contra Image
Run time: 61 mins
Production year: 2012
Available in HD
Gilad Atzmon is one of modern music’s most respected musicians. He is also a controversial public opponent of Israel.
A gentle giant, warm, charismatic and somewhat shy, Gilad is a complex character. Born into a pro-Zionist family and serving briefly in the first Lebanon War, Gilad had a dramatic turnaround. He quit the army, picked up his sax and exiled himself to London, declaring himself an enemy of the Israeli state. Since then he has produced some of the modern era’s greatest Jazz albums.
The film follows Gilad in the most flourishing time of his career as he records with the Blockheads, gigs with Nigel Kennedy, and appears on TV programs and panel events all over the globe. At the same time he antagonises his critics to the point of receiving death threats.
Gilad and All That Jazz offers insight into the life, ideas, music and motivations driving the great Saxophonist.
Festivals and Awards
Winner
Best Documentary, Logan Film Festival 2012
Official Selection
London International Documentary Festival 2012
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