Marking her feature film debut, "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" finds Chloé Zhao punctuating the American heartland to tell the story of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The drama stars non-professional actors and follows a high school senior who must reevaluate his future after the death of his father leaves him responsible for his 13-year-old sister. Given how Zhao's short films ("The Atlas Mountains," "Daughters") have also focused on characters contemplating their lives in specific rural settings, "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" seems to be a feature length cinematic successor to the themes she loves exploring through film. The drama is competing at Sundance in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. What's your film about, in 140 characters or less? A complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation that explores the bond between a brother and his younger...
- 1/31/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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