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‘Salt for Svanetia’ with Moishe’s Bagel
3 October, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
£12
The 5th Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema
‘Salt for Svanetia’ (1930, USSR, 55 mins, b & w, PG) is the last great documentary of the Silent Era from Director Mikhail Kalatozov. Tonight ‘Moishe’s Bagel’ bring their exhilarating blend of jazz inflected Eastern European and klezmer music to create a new score for Mikhail Kalatozov’s remarkable 1930 Soviet propaganda silent film.
The evening will feature a full set from the band 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).
‘Exhilarating, full-flavoured stuff, often breathtakingly intricate but played with jubilation … the Bagels acquire the momentum of an express train’ The Herald
The film contains scenes depicting animal cruelty and slaughter which some viewers may find upsetting. The evening is not suitable for under 15s