A documentary following ten survivors of the October 7 attacks as they travel from Israel to Los Angeles to play music alongside members of Guns N' Roses, Van Halen, and Black Sabbath will reach North American cinemas this October, timed to the third anniversary of the Hamas attacks.

The film — fully titled The Bridge: When Tragedy Strikes, Play Louder — is set to roll out across select venues from Oct. 5, with the non-profit Rock 'N' Heal managing distribution, according to Variety. Confirmed screening dates include Oct. 7 at Leah Posluns Theatre in Toronto and at the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York, per the film's official site.

The project traces its origins to David Fishof, CEO of Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, an event where amateur musicians jam with rock legends. Fishof visited Israel in the aftermath of October 7, 2023, when more than 1,200 people were murdered and 240 taken hostage. At the funeral of hostage and drummer Yotam Haim, Fishof watched Yotam's brother Tuval play a drum solo before laying a pair of drumsticks on the grave. That moment prompted Fishof to fly a group of Israeli musicians who had survived the attacks to Los Angeles for the camp.

The documentary follows those survivors through that journey. At the camp, they performed alongside mentors from some of rock's biggest bands. Songwriter Diane Warren, whose credits span decades of film and pop hits, helped make the film.

Behind the camera, the documentary pairs two names from very different corners of the entertainment world. Producer Kevin Bright is best known as an executive producer of Friends, the sitcom that ran for ten seasons on NBC. Director Brad Allgood previously made Landfill Harmonic, a documentary about a youth orchestra in Paraguay whose instruments were built from landfill scavenged materials.

Rock 'N' Heal, the non-profit co-producing the film with Fishof, will oversee its theatrical reach. A related initiative called DocuNation has announced a touring programme of live events and screenings across North America beginning in October 2026, according to its Instagram.

The October release places the film in cinemas on the exact anniversary of the attacks it documents. For a film whose central gesture is music as a response to loss, the date is the point.