The Tuba Thieves

Monday, March 27, at 5:00 pm at the Mimi Ohio Theatre, Playhouse Square & on CIFF Streams Sunday, April 2 thru Sunday, April 9

The Cinematheque at the 47th CIFF!

THE TUBA THIEVES

USA, 2023, Alison O’Daniel

The Cinematheque is the community partner on this acclaimed new feature by Alison O’Daniel—a Cleveland Institute of Art graduate who also once worked for the Cinematheque—showing in this year’s 47th Cleveland International Film Festival. (The Festival takes place in person March 22-April 1 at Playhouse Square and online April 2-9). The score of Los Angeles’ urban soundscape sets the tone, reverberating steady highway hums, jarring airplane flyovers, and wildfire-fighting helicopters overhead. Interspersed are stories of Nyke, a Deaf drummer, and Geovanny, a hearing marching band student, as they navigate their day to day, peppered with reenactments of lesser-known ‘silent’ concerts throughout history. Exceptionally enlightening, this rare perspective illustrates how the world is constantly communicating. From this unique purview, audiences are challenged to take a closer look at the details surrounding them and reevaluate their own definition of listening.” Cleveland premiere. In English and American Sign Language with English subtitles. 91 min. Tickets to this Cinematheque partnership presentation at CIFF47 are $18 ($16 CIFF members) for the in-person show on 3/27, and $14 ($12 CIFF members) for on-demand shows via CIFF Streams 4/2-9. Use code CINE and receive $1 off the ticket price to this or to any regular CIFF screening.

NOTE: Tickets for this film can be purchased only at the Cleveland Int’l Film Festival website and box office.