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A partner at Rhombus Media since 1979, Larry Weinstein has become Canada's pre-eminent director of films on musical subjects. Many of his productions document the lives and musical creation of 20th century composers, among them Ravel; The Radical Romantic: John Weinzweig; My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg; and The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin.

Weinstein has worked with leading cultural broadcasters throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America. His films have been televised in over 40 countries and screened at major festivals throughout the world, taking top awards in Toronto, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, San Sebastian, Prague, Melbourne and others.

He has won numerous International Emmy and Gemini Awards, and an Oscar nomination for Making Overtures - The Story of a Community Orchestra. In 1998, Solidarity Song: The Hanns Eisler Story won the Louvre's Classique en Images award as the world's best film on the arts over a three-year span.

Weinstein’s most recent productions include Andrea Bocelli - Tuscan Skies and Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen. He is currently developing Beethoven’s Hair, a musical/pathological/historical film for television, and co-scripting a feature film based on the artistic, political and sexual life of conductor Arturo Toscanini.

Weinstein is a graduate of York University’s Film & Video program

Other Articles and Blog posts by Larry Weinstein

Inside Hana's Suitcase

November 9, 2009 3:46 AM

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INSIDE HANA’S SUITCASE, is the poignant story of two young children who grew up in pre-WWII Czechoslovakia and the terrible events that they endured just because they happened to be born Jewish. Based on the internationally acclaimed book "Hana's Suitcase" which has been translated into 40 languages, the film is an effective blend of documentary and dramatic techniques.

In addition to following the lives of George and Hana Brady in the 1930’s and 40’s, INSIDE HANA’S SUITCASE tells the present-day story of “The Small Wings”, a group of Japanese children, and how their passionate and tenacious teacher, Fumiko Ishioka, helped them solve the mystery of Hana Brady, whose name was painted on an old battered suitcase that they received from the notorious Polish death camp, Auschwitz.

The film’s plot unfolds as told through contemporary young storytellers who act as the omniscient narrators. They seamlessly transport us through 70 years of history and back and forth across three continents, and relate to us a story of unspeakable sadness and also of shining hope. For this is a Holocaust story unlike others. It provides a contemporary global perspective and lessons to be learned for a better future.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker, Larry Weinstein, INSIDE HANA’S SUITCASE is a powerful journey full of mystery and memories, brought to life through the first–hand perspectives of Fumiko, Hana’s brother George, and of Hana herself.

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