"Sabbath in Paradise", by Claudia Heuermann (Germany)

*SABBATH IN PARADISE*	Germany

Musical semi-documentary where through the klezmer, traditional Jewish music, a panel is put together of the life of the Jews in New York in the nineties. The central characters are Jews who play on the Sabbath (the holy day for the Jewish community) in synagogues, in public performances, or even in their homes. The film is a blend of effusive images in color of the performance of Jewish musicians with scenes in black and white of the great city on a day of chaos: with traffic confused and concrete skyscrapers. Great names in Jewish music focused in the film include the legendary Zadik Reb Elimeylekh. The result is a living portrait of this contemporary musical production.

Director

DIRECTOR:	Claudia Heuermann
SCREENPLAY:	Claudia Heuermann
CINEMATOGRAPHER:	Rainer Hartmann
EDITION:	Claudia Heuermann
CAST:	Anthony Coleman, Andy Statman, John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Frank London, David Krakauer, Michael Alpert, Roy Nathanson, Harvey Pekar, Rabbi Moses Singer, Herman Lowenhar, Rabbi Jacob Spiegel, Danilo Coleman
PRODUCER:	Claudia Heuermann
PRODUCTION:	Hilblestr. 38 80636 Munique Tel/fax: 00 49 89 1232880
WORLD SALES:	Claudia Heuermann Hilblestr. 38 80636 Munique Tel/fax: 00 49 89 1232880
ORIGINAL TITLE:	Sabbath in Paradise
	Col. e P & B., 85 min., 1996

Claudia Heuermann

Born in Berlin, Germany on July 31, 1965. After studying art and design for various years, she began in cinema by making an experimental film as part of her undergraduate studies at the Academy of Media Arts in 1993: Nachspiel, based on a text by Samuel Beckett. In the same year, she was assistant director in Die Sturzflieger by Peter F. Brigmmann. After working on the production of some films, she began directing with Sabbath in Paradise.