Boteti: The Returning River vs Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 9.5/10 for Boteti: The Returning River). Boteti: The Returning River is the shorter watch at 49m compared with 1h 27m. Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Boteti: The Returning River
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler| Boteti: The Returning River | Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2011 |
| Length | 49m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Graeme Duane | Peter Rosen |
| Main cast | Jess Reiss | Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz |
Synopsis
Boteti: The Returning River
After years of extreme drought, the Boteti river in Botswana has finally returned in all its glory. This film documents the extraordinary shift in the ecosystem and the dramatic changes it brings to the resident animals.
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. Jascha Heifetz was the first truly modern virtuoso, a man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, 'When I spoke with him, I can't believe, I'm talking to God'. Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. The paradox of how a mortal man lives with immortal gifts - gifts he must honor, but which extract a life-long price. Is the man…
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