Part document, part travelogue, this film follows the band Silver Jews during their time in Israel. They play two shows in Tel Aviv and spend a profoundly moving afternoon in Jerusalem. It reveals the band’s leader David Berman as a man between two worlds making a pilgrimage to a place that holds profound meaning for the Jewish people. Although the band had been releasing music since 1992, the Silver Jews had never played a live show until their 2006 world tour. This film captures Berman’s reluctant musical genius and his special relation to Judaism itself, and shows how he eventually finds an acceptable identity as a Silver Jew. Preceded by two shorts produced by XLR8R magazine on the musicians Daedalus and Black Moth Super Rainbow. XLR8R has consistently released short documentaries on the best musicians that “you should have heard of by now.”

51 min