Screening of "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" and Q&A with Director Chloé Zhao

Location: 
Bijou Art Cinemas
Date: 
May 2, 2018, 7:00 pm to May 3, 2018, 6:45 pm

Cinema Studies Harlan J. Strauss Visiting Filmmaker Series Presents:

Songs My Brothers Taught Me Poster

Songs My Brothers Taught Me 

Screening and Q&A with Director Chloé Zhao

UO students, faculty, staff, and the community are invited to a free screening of Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015) followed by a Q&A with Director Chloé Zhao

Wednesday, May 2, 2018
7:00 p.m.
Bijou Art Cinemas (492 East 13th Avenue)
Free and open to the community

Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.  
6:15 pm – Priority seating with UO ID
6:30 pm – Community seating

Interested in attending?  Let us know our Facebook Event! 

 

Trailer for "Songs My Brothers Taught Me"

Songs My Brothers Taught Me

2015 – 94 Minutes – Not Rated 

Songs My Brothers Taught Me is a compelling and complex portrait of modern day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that explores the bond between a brother (John Reddy) and his younger sister (Jashaun St. John), who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home.  The film sensitively infiltrates isolated Indian Country to offer a rare, modern gaze keenly felt through the eyes of its magnetic non-professional lead actors, providing a universally resonant tale set amid the magnificent, promising wild of young generation Lakotas.

    Awards

    • 2016 Independent Spirit Awards
    • Nominated for Best First Film, Best Cinematography, Kiehl's Someone to Watch
    • Best First Film by International Federation of Film Critics – Jerusalem Film Festival
    • Best Director - American Indian Film Festival
    • Best Cinematography Debut – Camerimage Film Festival
    • Achievement in Screenwriting – Mumbai Film Festival
    • Best American Indie - Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
    • Best Film, Best Actress, Best Director – Red Nation Film Festival
    • Best Dakota Feature – South Dakota Film Festival
    • Best Cinematography – Bend Film Festival
    • Best Director and Best New Actor – Port Townsend Film Festival

    About Chloé Zhao

    Photo of Chloé Zhao directing a scene on the set of "The Rider"

    One of Variety's 10 Directors to Watch for 2018!
    Winner, Bonnie Award – 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards.  Read more about the award in Variety.

     

    Chloé Zhao is a writer, director, and producer. Her feature debut, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, screened at the Cannes Film Festival Directors’ Fortnight, and was nominated for three 2016 Independent Spirit Awards. Her most recent film, The Rider (2017), won the top prize at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes and is nominated for multiple Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature and Best Director. The Rider also received the Werner Herzog Foundation Award for its courage and vision. Zhao studied Political Science at Mount Holyoke College and Film Production at NYU. She was born in Beijing and currently resides in the United States.

    Funded by the generous Harlan J. Strauss Visiting Filmmaker Endowment

    Thank you to our cosponsors: 
    Department of Art, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Department of English, Department of Ethnic Studies, 
    Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Native American Studies, School of Journalism and Communication / Media Studies

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