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Ilana Trachtman is a television documentary producer by trade, but when presented with the story of Lior Liebling, she jumped into the choppier waters of independent filmmaking for the opportunity to make her debut feature. Lior is a young man with Down Syndrome, born to two Reconstructionist Jewish rabbis in Philadelphia. From an early age, he showed an unusually ardent interest in davening, the recitation of Jewish liturgical prayers, reciting the melodic prayers along with his mother. Sadly, his mother also discovered while Lior was young that she was suffering from cancer. One of her most fervent wishes was to be able to see his Bar Mitzvah, but she passed away long before the occasion.