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Small Wonders

1996, Movie, G, 77 mins

Small Wonders: Review

SMALL WONDERS | FIDDLEFEST: ROBERTA GUASPARI-TZAVARAS AND HER EAST HARLEM VIOLIN PROGRAM

There's something creepy at the heart of this purportedly inspirational, Academy Award-nominated documentary. In 1990, violinist Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras founded Fiddlefest, a nonprofit organization designed to bring classical music to students at three public schools in New York City's East Harlem. Each year, 150 kids are chosen by lottery and embark upon a rigorous course of violin instruction under the iron baton of their abrasive maestro. "You are a puppet," Roberta rem... read more leave a comment