Emmy |
| Best Documentary |
This short bio of classical music pianist Leon Fleisher begins with a 1964 minor accident when he cut his thumb. Recovery was not as he might have expected.
Nathaniel Kahn has mastered the art of the short documentary, with one of the shortest and most concise works I've ever seen. Clocking in at only seventeen minutes, Two Hands is simple and moving, containing nothing that doesn't need to be there.
This short documentary begins to explore the impact of Leon Fleischer's loss of use of his hand, seemingly the critical aspect of Mr. Fleischer's meaning as an artist and perhaps as a person given the strong push of his family towards success as a pianist.
