Link TV Premieres SOUND OF THE SOUL 5/16

Link TV announces the Link TV premiere of SOUND OF THE SOUL, a vivid, multi-layered portrait of both of an open-minded Arab city and the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, an extraordinary annual world music event that invites Muslim, Christian and Jewish men and women to perform in public at the only gathering of its kind in the Arab world. SOUND OF THE SOUL, featuring renowned musicians including Nass El Ghiwane, Anuna, Katia Guerreiro, and Farida Mahwash and the Kabul Ensemble, premieres Sunday, May 16 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, followed a live webcast and chat with director Stephen Olsson at 10:28 p.m. ET/7:28 p.m. PT.

Each year, during the first week of June, the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music brings together a unique array of musicians from around the world who use the transcendent power of music to point all hearts and minds towards the essential Oneness of all religions and faiths. In its Link TV premiere, this award-winning film transports viewers on an exhilarating and thought-provoking cinematic journey, reverberating with unity, understanding, and most of all, hope. The film airs as part of GLOBAL SPIRIT, an "internal travel series" on Link TV hosted by author Phil Cousineau.

SOUND OF THE SOUL will also air on basic cable in New York City on CUNY TV (Ch. 75) on Sunday May 16 at 6:30 p.m. ET. GLOBAL SPIRIT's live webcasts and chats will be provided by partner Justin.tv.

Also, be sure to tune in to the kick-off of the second season of GLOBAL SPIRIT with the U.S. television premiere and live web event of ONENESS: THE BIG PICTURE, featuring hailed philosophers Deepak Chopra and Riane Eisler, on Sunday, May 9 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, followed a live webcast and chat with Deepak Chopra at 10:15 p.m. ET/7:15 p.m. PT. For full information on all GLOBAL SPIRIT programs and live webcasts, visit LinkTV.org/GlobalSpirit.

SOUND OF THE SOUL is a critically-acclaimed, award-winning film which has delighted festival audiences from Tribeca to Jerusalem to Sarajevo to Tehran, examines Morocco, a sufi-influenced Arab country where Muslims, Christians and Jews have lived together in relative peace for centuries. Filmed during the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music, SOUND OF THE SOUL features unforgettable performances from groups from Morocco, Ireland, Russia, Afghanistan, the U.S., France and other countries.

SOUND OF THE SOUL explores what makes Fez a historic oasis of peace, in a world where differences of opinion, religion and culture have incited war and violence. Following the film, viewers hear from Jewish, Muslim and Christian expert guests, including Marla Kolman Antebi, Sarah Talcott, Kabir Helminski , a Muslim, Sufi teacher and musician, and organizers of Jewish and Christian inter-faith youth projects. More information can be found here.

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