Where can I find the performers and the audio file of the song "Avanti
Popolo" from the movie "Avanti Popolo" by Rafi Bukai from 1986?

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Clarification of Question by lena111-ga on 22 Jul 2004 11:36 PDT

Hi,
thanks for the comments, my question was not in general about Avanti
Popolo song, but rather about the version (or the performance) from
the movie Avanti Popolo - and where could I find it. I am aware of the
jewish film festivals, and I did see the movie myself, but this
particular performance of the song is what I wasn't able to find.
Thanks a lot!

Information on Avanti Popolo can be found on the Internet Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090677/
and on San Francisco Jewish Film Festival website
http://www.sfjff.org/cgi-bin/sfjff_resource.pl?titleID=846

There is a VHS copy at the University of Texas, but they don't do off
Campus loans.  Still you might contact them.  May be in your
neighborhood.
http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/cmes/Outreach/MERC/hebrew.html#5

The director Rafai Bukai passed away this year.  Avanti popolo was
part of the retrospective at the Israeli Film Festival in Los Angeles.
 http://www.israelfilmfestival.com/iff04/films_los_angeles.aspx
The retrospective films don't seem to be travelling with the rest of
the festival.  You might contact them at
http://www.israelfilmfestival.com/iff04/contact.aspx but they'll have
a 35 mm print most likely.

There is a short review of the film on this site.  The source is
listed as a fellow in New York, you might consider contacting him,
perhaps he has a video of the film.

Alternately the song may also be sung in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6301015320/qid=1090379745/sr=8-2/ref=pd_ka_2/102-8729286-6837750?v=glance&s=video&n=507846
per http://www.voiceoftheturtle.org/dictionary/dict_a1.php#avantipopolo
it's the song bandiera rossa.  This site has an atrocious midi version
http://home.planet.nl/~elder180/strijdlied/bandierarossait.htm  but
that should help confirm if it is indeed the right song.  If so you
may want to purchase a different version.

forgot the contact for the New York reviewer:
http://members.aol.com/jewfilm/jewz1.html#Avanti

And finally, there are many jewish film festivals and in August
there's one in Pennsylvania screening Avanti Popolo, where the
producer will be honored with an award and give a talk about the film.
 If that's not in your area, and you're so inclined, you may want to
look for Jewish Film Festivals in your area.  As I wrote the director
passed away this year and more places may showcase this work.

http://wolginfestival.org/