A MAGICAL SUBSTANCE FLOWS INTO ME 

Palestinian artist Jumana Manna follows in the footsteps of German ethnomusicologist Robert Lachmann. After losing his job in 1935 because he was Jewish, Lachmann moved to Jerusalem, where he created a twelve-part radio programme in which members of various local communities performed their music. With her cinematic visits to Kurdish, Moroccan and Yemeni Jews as well as Samaritans, Bedouins and Copts in Palestine, Manna shows how these musical traditions are being continued, highlighting the cultural diversity of the region.