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 A film about tradition, reawakening, and being Jewish in America. Video Clips Produced by Sue Bell and Ted Reed, Distributed by Counterproductions |
In 2004, on the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul, some 400 people marched to a beach in Swampscott, MA, to attempt to set a world record for the largest number of shofars blown in unison. This once-in-a-lifetime event might have been lost to history had not Emmy-Award-Winning filmmakers Susan Bell Reed and Ted Reed captured the spectacle of hundreds of men, women, and children, most of whom had never blown a shofar, as they train for and participate in this record-setting attempt. The film reveals the fun and frustration of learning to play this not-so-easy instrument, its ancient uses, and the various myths about who can play it and when and where it can be played. It also examines the shofar repertoire and definitively demonstrates whether or not the shofar can be used to play music. But the film is at its most dramatic and emotional when it probes the feelings of loss and longing awakened by the call of the shofar. Participants of many different Jewish backgrounds, many of whom have lost their Jewish identity and their connection to the Jewish community, are brought back home by the sounds of the shofar and the thrill of competition. No filmgoer who has ever heard the sound of the shofar can fail to be touched and moved by this unique Jewish experience.
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