Small wonders : Roberta Tzavaras and her East Harlem violin program / Miramax Films presensts ; a Four Oaks Foundation production ; producer, Susan Kaplan ; director and editor, Allan Miller.
Varying form of title from container. Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras. Originally released as a documentary in 1995 with the title Fiddlefest. Adapted as the motion picture Music of the Heart in 1999.
Summary:
"This Oscar-nominated documentary (which inspired the 1999 film Music of the Heart) follows the struggles of Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras as she teaches violin to youngsters in East Harlem, N.Y. After budget cuts slash her school's music program, she creates a nonprofit organization to train children selected by lottery, and her disciplinarian style pays off as her charges reap the rewards. Fiddlers Itzhak Perlman and Isaac Stern make appearances"--Container.
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