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Loosely based on the story of Cain and Abel, Storm Up the Sky follows the splintering relationship between the two eldest sons of a Hasidic patriarch (Richard Masur). Where one son, Caleb (dan pfau), enforces his father's imposing system of beliefs, the other, Aaron (Dan shaked), defies it... Being that I am not only the director of this film, but the writer, my connection to this material traces back nearly two years to when I was living on the border of Manhattan's Lower East Side and Chinatown... I loved living in this neighborhood because of its rich history; for over a century it was a neighborhood that represented the American dream for millions of immigrants; its survival was directly related to its diversity, and, although many might argue that the neighborhood, along with the millions who once resided there, has now assimilated, pockets remain where this is anything but true.