HG PREMIERE - SOSUA
DANCE + FILM + MAGIC
HG PREMIERE 2015
SOSUA
Inspired by the Washington Heights based documentary "Sosua: Make a Better World" by Renee Silverman and Peter Miller. Through a community musical project with Dominican and Jewish teens, the film highlights the period of history when the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, welcomed to his country hundreds of Jewish refugees escaping the horrors of the Holocaust. In "Sousa", people of all races and walks of life come together to learn about an uncommon past and in the process, discover countless expressions of what unites them in the present.
Lead Collaborators: Filmmaker Renee Silverman, Filmmaker Peter Miller, Choreographer Gentry Isaiah George, Magic Harry Mandel
Additional Collaborators: Composer Liz Swados
Producers of Play Sosua: Dare to Dance Together: Victoria Neznansky, Martin Englander, YM + YWHA
Zest Collective: Jesse Obremski, Michael Greenberg, Mariusz Kujawski, Amanda Bouza, Leal Zielinska, Giulia D’Antoni, Riiko Kitayama