From Schubert to Strauss, Bach to… Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman’s transcendent violin playing evokes the depth of the human experience. Itzhak details the virtuoso’s own struggles as a polio survivor and Jewish émigré, and reminds us why art is vital to life.

An ebullient portrait of the musical prodigy Itzhak Perlman, this spirited documentary from Alison Chernick eschews straightforward biography, preferring to simply hang out with the charismatic legend. Thoughtful and charming—much like its subject—Itzhak radiates with life-affirming joy.