A favorite at the 2004 Green Mountain Film Festival, BEYOND 88 KEYS features music by Byrd, Bach, Brahms, Ligeti, Stravinsky and Schoenberg, as well as the music of contemporary composers and jazz greats. The film reveals many facets of Arnowitt: his years as a prodigy in Boston, his political activism, his increasing interest in performing jazz, and his challenges with reduced vision.
"During my long musical career I have met few really great artists, and I am pleased to name Michael Arnowitt, pianist and musician, as one of them." - Louis Moyse
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SUSAN BETTMANN'S projects include work on Nora Jacobson's 2004 feature film, Nothing Like Dreaming, and her own short film, The Singers. Her film work began after a thirty-year career in theater.
JEFF FARBER is an award-winning independent filmmaker. His feature-length film, Brother Bread, Sister Puppet, is about the legendary Bread & Puppet Theater. He is a cinematographer for narrative, documentary, and commercial films.