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The Tuba Thieves

2023 1h 31m Drama Documentary List
90% Tomatometer 20 Reviews
From 2011 to 2013, tubas are stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This story isn't about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen. Read More Read Less

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Christy Lemire FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) I like the ambition of this... I don't think it always works, but I like the idea of it. Jun 8, 2024 Full Review Wes Greene Slant Magazine Alison O’Daniel uses the real-life tuba thefts as a springboard to explore, and in artistically fertile ways, how the removal of an integral part of a structure affects the larger whole. Rated: 3/4 Mar 9, 2024 Full Review Josh Flanders Chicago Reader The Tuba Thieves, by Alison O’Daniel, is a groundbreaking work of art, a wonderfully different, beautiful film that showcases creative captioning and visual and audio poetry. Feb 21, 2023 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) A very unique aural and visual experience Apr 21, 2024 Full Review Carla Hay Culture Mix The Tuba Thieves has a misleading title and tries too hard to be an avant-garde documentary about deaf people. It's really a pretentious, disjointed, and tedious film that wants to fool people into thinking that it's got something important to say. Apr 8, 2024 Full Review Tina Kakadelis Film Obsessive [The Tuba Thieves is] an ode to music, life, and Los Angeles that must be heard to be understood. Mar 17, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Movie Info

Synopsis From 2011 to 2013, tubas are stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This story isn't about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen.
Director
Alison O'Daniel
Producer
Alison O'Daniel, Rachel Nederveld, Su Kim, Maya E. Rudolph
Screenwriter
Alison O'Daniel
Genre
Drama, Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 31m