The “Socalled” Movie is a documentary film about klezmer hip-hop artist Josh Dolgin– aka Socalled. Featuring Katie Moore, Fred Wesley, C-Rayz Walz, David Krakauer, Matt Haimovitz, Arkady Gendler, Benjamin Steiger Levine, D-Shade, Gonzales and Irving Fields. The movie is a kaleidoscopic portrait, offering 18 entertaining short films about Socalled’s creative process.
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Multi-Lingual woman on the Odessa Steps
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When we arrived in Odessa’s port, one of the first things we headed to was the infamous steps of Potempkin. Pictures were taken, baby carriage shots were laughed about, and then everyone began to shuffle off to discover Odessa. Hanging behind, we, the film crew and Josh aka. Socalled met an incredible woman. She speaks Russian, Greek, French, and Yiddish fluently, but scraping by selling painted eggs to tourists. Still vibrant and cheerful, and speaking french to us, she also gives us tips on avoiding potential pick-pocketers.
And, in the spirit of mulit-lingualism, Josh did an interview with Radio Canada today.
looking back: Socalled and Arkady Gendler
This is a short moment between Josh and one of the great klezmer singers of eastern Europe, Arkady Gendler. Josh is planning to write a song about the experience on the Dnieper Princess Klezmer Cruise with him, and also a preparing for an interview they will have for the passengers. With yiddish translation Read on…
Socalled and the film in Nightlife Magazine
To back track a few weeks (feels like years now!), when we met up with Josh in his apartment days before we left on the Klezmer Cruise, we soon found out we weren’t the only one interested in interviewing Josh. The local free Montreal magazine, Nightlife Magazine also shared the tiny space with us. Read on…
Decompressing and Digitizing
After a harrowing 30 hour journey from Odessa to Kiev, to Frankfurt, to Toronto, and then crawling off the plane in Montreal, we all went home to our families to reflect, and decompress from the 2 week shoot.
I am back at the NFB, on stable ground, in my office on Cote de Liesse Road in Read on…
Good bye to my sea legs
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Josh planned a film, with Arkady Gendler, David Krakauer, and his aunt Beatie.
So this wild ride is nearing the end – after a great concert in Odessa, the musicians, with the local musicians as well, came back to the boat – and started up another raucous party in the lounge. Everyone Read on…
David Krakauer on Socalled
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David Krakauer speaks about his meeting and listening to Josh’s music for the first time.
If you have been following along with the videos I have been posting, or are just in the know anyhow – you will know all about David Krakauer, the clarinetist. Also, Josh’s friend and colleague, and a warm Read on…
Last day in Odessa
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Josh Dolgin performs These are the Good Old Days in a concert hall in Odessa
We have arrived in Odessa, pulling up to the docks yesterday morning to the sound of a brass band. It was quite a sight, situated under the Odessa Steps, we stepped out into this beautiful city of cosmopolitian Read on…
Sevastepol and Socalled
It feels a bit weird to be staying in one spot for a few days, but it is a much needed break in transportation for all of us. Sevastepol, the clean fishing town with its pretty docks has given us all, camera crew, musicians, and passengers alike a chance to chill out. Having Read on…
cossacks and choir
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Things are getting more settled here, everyone seems to be relatively used to a camera crew around, and have figured out how to avoid getting hit in the head with a boom pole. After signing release forms that were slipped onto their plates at breakfast or under their cabin doors in the Read on…
Concert in Kiev
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concert in Kiev
Here’s one more video – Josh at the concert in Kiev. Apologies, but the videos take a while to load.
