In the Shadow of the Stars is a 1991 documentary film about the San Francisco Opera. It depicts the lives of the various members of the chorus, rather than the big name stars.
The film was co-directed, co-produced and edited by the husband and wife team of Irving Saraf and Allie Light.
The film won the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Light and Saraf.
Famous quotes containing the words shadow and/or stars:
“I will hold the Christ-light for you
in the shadow of your fear;
I will hold my hand out to you,
speak the peace you long to hear.”
—Richard Gillard (20th century)
“And now the sparrows warring in the eaves,
The curd-pale moon, the white stars in the sky,
And the loud chaunting of the unquiet leaves,
Are shaken with earth’s old and weary cry.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)