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Director
Allan Siegel
Producer
Peter Koltai
Co Producer
Olaf Jacobs
Production company
Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH ...
Director of photography
Ku-Ling Siegel ...
Editor
Major Klara ...
IDF Events
2008 East Silver

Usti Opre

Usti Opre, Hungary, 2007, 77 min, Beta SP, Music, Society

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With music and images, the film travels across the landscape of Central Europe and describes the inventiveness and stylistic range of Roma musical traditions. With shifting rhythms and changing textures from city to village, concert hall to café - Usti Opre challenges our ideas about gypsy culture and rewards us with a rich and engaging musical panorama. Through interaction during rehearsal, recording, and live performance, the film explores the unique boundaries of contemporary Roma music and describes the creative capacities of individual musicians who, despite prejudice and discrimination, continue to build upon traditions and shape new avenues of musical expression.

Director:

Allan Siegel

Producer:

Peter Koltai

Co Producer:

Olaf Jacobs

Director of photography:

Sas Tamas, Ku-Ling Siegel

Editor:

Major Klara, Allan Siegel

Music:

Ferenc Snetberger, Boban Markovic, Balogh Kalman