''Small Wonders'' (also known as ''Fiddlefest'') is a 1995 American
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
about
Roberta Guaspari, a music teacher in East Harlem who teaches underprivileged children how to play the violin. Produced and directed by Allan Miller, it was nominated for an
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...
for
Best Documentary Feature.
Participants
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Roberta Guaspari
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Arnold Steinhardt
Arnold Steinhardt (born April 1, 1937 in Los Angeles, California) is an American violinist, best known as the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet.
Steinhardt made his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 14 ...
*
Isaac Stern
Isaac Stern (July 21, 1920 – September 22, 2001) was an American violinist.
Born in Ukraine, Stern moved to the United States when he was 14 months old. Stern performed both nationally and internationally, notably touring the Soviet Union a ...
*
Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman (; born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist. He has performed worldwide and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a state dinner for Elizabeth II at the White House in 2007, and at the First ina ...
* Deborah Meyer
* Sid Massey
* Kyle Haver
* Barry Solowey
* Lucy Matos
See also
*''
Music of the Heart
''Music of the Heart'' is a 1999 American biographical film, biographical musical film, musical drama (film and television), drama film directed by Wes Craven and written by Pamela Gray, based on the 1995 documentary ''Small Wonders''. A dramati ...
'', a 1999 drama film based on ''Small Wonders''
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1995 films
1995 documentary films
American musical documentary films
Documentary films about education in the United States
Documentary films about New York City
Films set in Harlem
East Harlem
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
English-language documentary films
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