The Tuba Thieves (2020): reparto, argumento y streaming

Released in 2020, The Tuba Thieves is a notable film directed by Alison O'Daniel, running about 70 minutes.

What it’s about. Drawing upon her experiences with hearing loss, specifically navigating between hearing and silence, Alison O’Daniel expands definitions of sonic experience beyond ear-reliance as our sole auditory skill. In the seven shorts in The Tuba Thieves, the artist’s fascination with a series of tuba robberies from Los Angeles high schools became a comparison point between loss of this tonally-rich instrument to her daily experiences of missing information and filling in conversation gaps. This on-going, multi-chapter video project threads together anecdotes of the marching bands’ reconciling the missing sound, footage of the deaf drummer Nyke Prince, the premiere of John Cage’s 4’33” in 1952, and the last punk show at the Deaf Club in San Francisco in 1979. O’Daniel inverts script-driven filmmaking processes by writing scenes based on the musical scores, which were commissioned in advance of developing the visual narratives.

Where to watch. In Estados Unidos you can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Tuba Thieves page.