The new film Silver Jew will look back at influential indie-rock band Silver Jew’s first world tour. The documentary, directed by  Michael Tully, focuses on the group’s first visit to Israel in the spring of 2008. Group leader David Berman founded the Silver Jews in 1990 with future Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Though the group has regularly released records, Berman opted to stay off the road for the better part of the last decade. In 2005, the visionary's newfound devotion to Judaism changed his mind and the group reunited for its first world tour. He currently tours with a rotating cast of musicians, which occasionally includes Malkmus.

“Our only goal was to capture the moment as intimately and unselfconsciously as possible,” Tully says.  “I wanted to make something that would be more universal, a film that would appeal to people who had never even heard of David Berman. The result is a film that can¹t be easily categorized‹it is both a tour document and a travelogue.”  

Silver Jew will screen at Austin’s Alamo Lamar March 11 at 11:30AM and March 14 at 4:30PM. Both performances fall during SXSW.

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