A Magical Substance Flows Into Me written and directed by Jumana Manna

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Manna, Jumana, film director, screenwriter.

Grasshopper Film (Firm), publisher, film distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnomusicology--Palestine.

Ethnomusicology.

Music--Palestine--20th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (68 min.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film 2016

Language Note:

Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles, English with no subtitles

Summary:

Robert Lachmann was a German-Jewish ethnomusicologist. In the 1930s, his radio show "Oriental Music" explored the musical traditions of Palestine and included regular live performances by musicians from different ethnic and religious groups. Inspired by Lachmann's musicological studies, Palestinian artist Jumana Manna travels through Israel and the Palestinian territories of today with recordings from the programme. What do these songs sound like now when performed by Moroccan, Kurdish, or Yemenite Jews, by Samaritans, members of the urban and rural Palestinian communities, Bedouins and Coptic Christians? When a true fascination for history meets the sounds of the rababa, the saz, the oud and tin cans, a cultural diversity emerges that subverts the distinction between "Arab" and "Jewish". There are no national borders here, only different kitchens where people make music together -- with their guests, while cooking, while someone makes the coffee. Until the music becomes so infectious you can't help but dance along

Credits:

Camera/edit/sound design, Deborah Stratman

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen

OCLC:

1149150793

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license