a mystical meta-musical about the greatest financial fraud in history
A KADDISH FOR BERNIE MADOFF
SYNOPSIS
A mystical meta-musical about the greatest financial fraud in history.
A hybrid of memoir docudrama and narrative fantasy, A KADDISH FOR BERNIE MADOFF tells the story of Madoff and the system that allowed him to function for decades through the eyes of musician/poet Alicia Jo Rabins, who watches the financial crash from her 9th floor studio in an abandoned office building on Wall Street. Fueled by her growing obsession, real-life interviews transform into music videos, ancient spiritual texts become fevered fantasies of synchronized swimming, and a vivid, vulnerable work of art is born from the unique perspective of an artist watching the global financial collapse up close.
Credits
Directed & Edited by: Alicia J. Rose
Starring & Written by: Alicia Jo Rabins
Adapted for screen by Alicia J. Rose & Alicia Jo Rabins
Produced by: Lara Cuddy
Executive Producers: Alicia Jo Rabins and Alicia J. Rose
Director of Photography: Asia Brown
2nd Unit Director of Photography (NYC): Brad Reeb
Animation: Zak Margolis
Composer: Alicia Jo Rabins
Synchronized swimmers: Rose City Raindrops
Still photography: Alicia J. Rose
Supported by generous grants from:
Portland's Regional Arts and Culture Council;
Peleh Fund;
Jack Straw Cultural Center
