After SOLD-OUT festival screenings in New York, Vancouver, Sarajevo, Jerusalem, Dubai, and cities throughout the world...

 CEM Productions and Link TV present

In a world increasingly polarized by religious conflicts and fundamentalist forces, SOUND OF THE SOUL is a timely, thought-provoking cinematic journey, reverberating with unity, understanding, and most of all, hope. Award-winning director Stephen Olsson's new film offers viewers a vivid, multi-layered portrait of both an open-minded Arab city and Morocco's Fes Festival of World Sacred Music—an exceptional event that invites Muslim, Christian and Jewish men and women to perform in public at its historic sites. An inspiring antidote to spreading sectarian violence and global threats of a "clash of civilizations", SOUND OF THE SOUL ultimately reveals the essential connection between all religions and faiths.

 

 

"The music you will see in this film is extraordinary, and its message of healing is extraordinary. There is no film that is screening in this film festival this year that means more to me, and I think that means more to the possible future of us living in this city, and on this planet."

“Sound of the Soul is a magnificent expression of…seeing people of different faiths coming together through the gift of music, to become one community with many distinct expressions.”

NEW YORK TIMES:
"Every year, thousands of musicians and music lovers from around the globe come to Fes, Morocco, a city known as an oasis of religious tolerance, for the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music, where artists of Muslim, Sufi, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, and other spiritual paths gather to express the joy of worship through music. Filmmaker Stephen Olsson brought a camera crew to the 2004 festival, and The Sound of the Soul: The Fes Festival of World Sacred Music offers an insider's look at this annual celebration of spirituality and art. Performers range from a Christian brass band from New York and Fado singers from Portugal to a chorus of female Berber singers from Africa and medieval ensembles from France, all of whom embrace the philosophy of an Afghan performer who says, "music is the sound of the soul."

VARIETY:
"A handsome documentary...intensely rhythmic and ecstatic. Wide format DV lensing and sound recording are first-rate."

YOGA JOURNAL:
"Provides a rapture-inducing introduction to the Fes Festival...so infectious that viewers will find it difficult to stay seated."

To purchase a copy of the Sound of the Soul DVD:

Featuring additional music performances, interviews with spiritual and political leaders on globalization, and interfaith discussions from Fes and the Tribeca Film Festival…visit www.soundofsoul.org.

Sound of the Soul DVD also includes:

* Sound of the Soul House Party Guide to host a screening of the film, followed by an interfaith discussion and/or world music dance party
* Meditation tracks to help you explore how different spiritual traditions use music to reach the Sacred. Listen closely to Sufi music and breathing, to an ancient Christian devotional hymn, and to chanting from a Moroccan Jewish bar mitzvah.
* Find more information on intercultural encounter and interfaith reflection

“To be able to share this film [is] a way to discover new depths of the common core of humanity…to spark deeper discussions and create deeper relationships.”