Manchester Jewish Museum

  • © Drew Forsyth | Manchester Jewish Museum

    © Drew Forsyth | Manchester Jewish Museum

  • © Drew Forsyth | Video Jam Film curator Sarah Hill introduces the programme

    © Drew Forsyth | Video Jam Film curator Sarah Hill introduces the programme

  • © Drew Forsyth | Metaphysical Human score Taklif

    © Drew Forsyth | Metaphysical Human score Taklif

  • © Drew Forsyth

    © Drew Forsyth

  • © Drew Forsyth | Metaphysical Human score Taklif

    © Drew Forsyth | Metaphysical Human score Taklif

  • © Drew Forsyth | Sacred Sounds Womens Choir

    © Drew Forsyth | Sacred Sounds Womens Choir

  • © Drew Forsyth | Alex Cottrell scores Brébeuf

    © Drew Forsyth | Alex Cottrell scores Brébeuf

  • © Drew Forsyth | Metaphysical Human

    © Drew Forsyth | Metaphysical Human

  • © Drew Forsyth

    © Drew Forsyth

  • © Drew Forsyth

    © Drew Forsyth

  • © Drew Forsyth | LayFullStop scores Twelfth Man

    © Drew Forsyth | LayFullStop scores Twelfth Man

  • © Drew Forsyth | Flamingods score Baraka

    © Drew Forsyth | Flamingods score Baraka

  • © Drew Forsyth

    © Drew Forsyth

  • © Drew Forsyth

    © Drew Forsyth

  • © Drew Forsyth

    © Drew Forsyth

  • © Drew Forsyth | Manchester Jewish Museum

    © Drew Forsyth | Manchester Jewish Museum

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Responding to a former place of worshop - one of the UK's oldest synagogue's - Video Jam curated a programme of 5 contemporary short films with live accompaniment for Manchester Jewish Museum, which explored different interpretations of faith and ritual; both religious and non-religious, private and collective.

Running order

In Search of Silent Landscapes (10 mins) by Webb-Ellis scored by Sacred Sounds Women's Choir 

Brébeuf (10.30 mins) by Stephen Broomer scored by Alex Cottrell 

Taklif (10 mins) by Maryam Tafakory scored by Metaphysical Human 

INTERVAL

Twelfth Man (5.40 mins) by Duane Hopkins scored by LayFullStop 

Baraka (17 min extract) by Ron Fricke scored by Flamingods