Balkan Jazz
The life story and music of Niko Nissimov and his Jewish friends, pioneers of Jazz music in Bulgaria. The movie charts the rise of their band Jazz of The Optimists to stardom in the late 1930s. The beginning of WWII changed everything for them as Bulgaria joined the Axis powers. All Jewish men were drafted to slave labor camps, and the entire community was on the verge of extinction.The life story and music of Niko Nissimov and his Jewish friends, pioneers of Jazz music in Bulgaria. The movie charts the rise of their band Jazz of The Optimists to stardom in the late 1930s. The beginning of WWII changed ev... Read more
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Watch "Balkan Jazz" on Amazon released in 2019. It's a documentary movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.