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2021 Documentary Drama 1h 14m

A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff

"A mystical meta-musical about the biggest financial fraud in history."

A hybrid of memoir docudrama and narrative fantasy, A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff tells the story of Madoff and the system that allowed him to function for decades through the eyes of musician/poet Alicia Jo Rabins, who watches the financial crash from her 9th floor studio in an abandoned office building on Wall Street. Fueled by her growing obsession, real-life interviews transform into music videos, ancient spiritual texts become fevered fantasies of synchronized swimming, and a vivid, vulnerable work of art is born from the unique perspective of an artist watching the global financial collapse up close.

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Principal Cast

Alicia Jo Rabins

Alicia Jo Rabins (Self)

Robin McAlpine

Olivia / Crone 1

Judy Silk

June / Crone 2

Lois Feuerle

Crone 3

David Frank

FBI Agent / Man in elevator

David K. Freeman

David

Cole Haenggi

Cole

Patricia Schecter

Patricia

Cynthia Star

Cynthia

Meredith Trosper

Meredith