“Boisterous in spirit”
— Toronto Star
“An extraordinary work of meaningful cinema”
— San Diego Jewish World
FROM RAM’S HORN TO BEATBOX AND FROM ARGENTINA
TO UGANDA, THIS FESTIVAL FAVORITE DOC EXPLORES
THE KALEIDOSCOPE OF JEWISH IDENTITIES THROUGH
THE EVER-CHANGING MUSIC OF THE DIASPORA
THE WANDERING MUSE
Street Date: January 22, 2019
DVD SRP: $24.95
From Award-Winning Director Tamás Wormser, This Melodious Documentary Includes Over 45 minutes of Extras Featuring Outtakes
and Deleted Scenes
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
From ram’s horn to beatbox, THE WANDERING MUSE, filmed across the globe over 7 years by award-winning director Tamás Wormser, explores the kaleidoscope of Jewish identities through the ever-changing music of the diaspora. In constant motion, the film is a series of encounters with Jewish musicians from around the world. Taking their music beyond the concert hall, audiences are granted front row seats to the spontaneous magic of a creative process that transcends the struggles of the musicians’ lives.
In an alternative Argentinean bar, two friends play tango-infused klezmer. In rural Uganda, villagers chant Hebrew prayers in East African harmonies. At a Montreal party, an artist mixes hip-hop and jazz with cantorial singing in a multilingual tour de force. In a Berlin apartment, an American harmonizes with a Russian friend in a rendition of an anti-Zionist song from the 1920’s. Among the musicians featured are Basya Schechter, César Lerner, Daniel Kahn, Rabbi Enosh Keki Mainah, Jeremiah Lockwood, Shura Lipovsky, Marcelo Moguilevsky, Moses Walyombe, Psoy Korolenko AKA Pavel Lion, Vanessa Paloma and Socalled AKA Josh Dolgin.
Says director Wormser, “Jews have always absorbed, exchanged, and spread music around the globe. As reluctant nomads, they used their instruments as passports to the larger community. Along the way, liturgy went lyrical, the traditional turned popular. And oy begat joy.”
The Fresno Bee says THE WANDERING MUSE “does a successful job of showing the extraordinary ways Jewish musicians have found – within the confines of their religious teachings – to express themselves. This is beautifully played out through some rich and engaging musical performances.” Shattering stereotypes and upending expectations, THE WANDERING MUSE attends to the birth of a dynamic new Jewish music.
Along with its DVD and Digital debut, THE WANDERING MUSE will also be available on IndiePix Unlimited, the streaming subscription service of IndiePix Films. For $5.99 per month at either Amazon Channels or IndiePixUnlimited.com, passionate cinephiles get 24/7 access to a highly-curated catalog of cinematic gems from both international auteurs and visionary new voices alike, joins other contemporary classics of world cinema including 2009 Cannes Camera D’Or winner, SAMSON & DELILAH, Iranian artist Shirin Neshat’s feature-length debut, the Golden Lion-nominated WOMEN WITHOUT MEN and Noaz Deshe’s powerful WHITE SHADOW.
