Film: The Pianist from Ramallah
Date/Time
Date(s) - 05/21/2023
2:30 pm
Location
Illinois Holocaust Museum
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Cost:
5.00 USD
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https://www.jccchicago.org/calendar/#event=76008713?popup=1
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Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
Skokie, IL
Four years in the life of Muhammad “Misha” Alsheikh, a talented teenage pianist from Ramallah, who is the son of a Palestinian father and a mother who came from Russia. It takes Muhammad 3 hours to get from his house to a piano lesson with Emma, his Jewish-Israeli teacher who also came from Russia and now lives in Jerusalem, but his dream is bigger than borders. Between checkpoints, auditions and his father’s will that he will become a doctor, he tries to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional pianist – and also stays happy.
Film Info
- Director: Avida Livny
- Documentary
- 2020, Israel
- Arabic, Russian, English
- 60 minutes