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Perfecting the Art of Longing: A Journey Through Memory, Family and Faith - NFB Blog

Perfecting the Art of Longing: A Journey Through Memory, Family and Faith

Using footage from security cameras, as well as video-call footage and home-video archives, Perfecting the Art of Longing is acclaimed filmmaker Kitra Cahana’s powerful collaboration with her father, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, who suffered a devastating brainstem stroke that left him “locked in”.