"Hearing Is Believing" is the new feature documentary from award-winning producer/director Lorenzo DeStefano. It introduces the world to the multi-talented young musician and composer, Rachel Flowers. Born 15 weeks premature, at a body weight of one pound five ounces, Rachel lost her eyesight due to Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). When she was two years old she began picking up melodies from her musician parents and was soon playing every song she heard by ear, including Bach fugues. Starting her formal musical education at the age of 4, Rachel spent the next 10 years studying at the Southern California Conservatory of Music. DeStefano and his team have created a dynamic and engaging portrait of nearly two years in the life of a tight knit American family, a single mom and her two kids living paycheck to paycheck in working class Oxnard, California, with Rachel's stunning music as the soundtrack. A number of incredible musicians appear with Rachel in the film, including the legendary Stevie Wonder, the late progressive rock icon Keith Emerson, Grammy winning rocker Dweezil Zappa, Grammy winning jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and the young Bay Area jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti.

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