A Magical Substance Flows Into Me

A Magical Substance Flows Into Me

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 17, 2015

Runtime

1h 8m

Genres

Documentary, Music, History

User Score

68%

Original Title

في إثر مادة سحرية

Director

Jumana Manna

Description

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?