After a successful preview tour all over Germany Susanna Boehm's touching film PORGY & ME In The World Of The Gershwins’ Porgy And Bess opened in German theatres this weekend.

In the world of opera, George Gershwin’s alternately celebrated opera Porgy and Bess is one of the very few works that takes people of color as its subject. Susanna Boehm's stirring documentary follows the cast of the New York Harlem Theatre on their European tour of The Gershwins’ work. As the troupe travels from city to city, attracting stares from startled Austrians, the parallels between the opera and the real life experiences of individual singers are revealed.

Despite the attendant complexities, the music overwhelms. Embedded throughout the film are show-stoppers such as It Ain't Necessarily So, and Summer Time. As timeless as anything penned by Verdi or Puccini, Porgy and Bess is a quintessentially American masterpiece that captures "the passionate battle of African-American artists for recognition, self realization and equality" in glorious song.

More about the film, trailer and list of cinemas in Germany: www.porgyandme.de