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Not Disney today, but I think you’ll forgive me, because this woman is amazing.  This is tagged under foreign disney since it’s in the same spirit as the Disney songs I post, but of course this movie was not made by Disney.

Ofra Haza performed the part of Moses’ mother in the song ’Deliver Us’ in 17 languages for the release of ’Prince of Egypt’, because she is a flawless badass.  Because it’s her native tongue, and the language the song would have performed in where these people actually singing, I am particularly enchanted with the Hebrew version (Hoshia na). 

There was never a soundtrack release, so this is audio ripped from the movie, but it doesn’t diminish Ofra Haza being fucking amazing. This is intense and beautiful and you should listen to it.   What gets me the most, honestly is her single super powerful ‘Hoshia na’ near the end. 

So I was watching Prince of Egypt last night and noticed something new. It’s been pointed out that Moses stutters during the burning bush scene, likely as a reference to the speech impediment mentioned in Torah. 

But Miriam also has a scene where she stutters: during the well scene, when she’s first talking to Moses. Because that’s her burning bush moment. That’s the moment when everything changes for her, the moment in which she is overwhelmed by the responsibility of trying to persuade an authority figure to help her people.

Both siblings stutter and struggle to make themselves heard. Moses’s words never fully get through to Rameses. He tries to speak and is silenced. But Miriam’s words do, eventually, get through to Moses.

So how can you see what your life is worth or where your value lies Oh, you can never see through the eyes of man

endless list of films i love: the prince of egypt (1998), dir. brenda chapman, steve hickner, simon wells

“i shall stretch forth my hand, and lead them out of egypt, into a good land. a land flowing with milk and honey. and so, unto pharaoh, i shall send… you.” 

When I pass into the next world, then you will be the Morning and Evening Star.

The Prince of Egypt + Brooklyn 99