Praying with Lior

Running Time: 87 mins.

English

Special Guest: Director Ilana Trachtman

An engrossing, wrenching and tender documentary film, Praying with Lior is a story about Lior, a boy who has Down syndrome, and has spent his entire life praying with utter abandon. Is he a "spiritual genius" as many around him say or simply the vessel that contains everyone's unfulfilled wishes and expectations? Lior – whose name means "my light” – lost his mother at age six, and her words and spirit hover over the film. Told with intimacy and humor, this is a family story, a triumph story, a grief story, a divinely-inspired story.

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Awards

  • Audience Award
    2008   San Diego Jewish Film Festival
  • Audience Award
    2008   Seattle Jewish Film Festival
  • Audience Award
    2008   Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
  • Audience Award
    2007   Boston Jewish Film Festival
  • Audience Award
    2007   Washington DC Jewish Film Festival
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Screening Times

$9/adults, $7/students, seniors over 65 and JCC members. All screenings are at the Tucson JCC unless otherwise noted.   map >>

  • Sun11Jan

    Embracing Special Needs Through the Arts Program

    Sunday, January 11, 2:15 p.m.

  • Sun11Jan

    Double Feature

    Sunday, January 11, following Leaving Paradise

 

 

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