The experimental documentary The Tuba Thieves is about deaf storytelling and the very nature of sound and listening.
Independent Lens: The Tuba Thieves airs Saturday, July 26 at 8 p.m. on WXXI-WORLD
The Tuba Thieves: Between 2011 and 2013, tubas were stolen from high schools across Southern California. Against this backdrop, hard of hearing filmmaker Alison O’Daniel generates new sensitivity to sound and meaning in an unconventional documentary experience. What does it mean to listen? An exploration of musicality set against a theft. The central mystery of this unconventional documentary isn’t about theft; it’s about the nature of sound itself.
This program is presented as part of Move to Include.
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