The Tuba Thieves

Name: The Tuba Thieves
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: March 15, 2024
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Ashlyn Alessi, Cody Jake Banks, Drew Balaguer, Geovanny Marroquin, Norman Aaronson

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| Release Date: March 15, 2024 | Not Rated

Starring: Ashlyn Alessi, Cody Jake Banks, Drew Balaguer, Geovanny Marroquin, Norman Aaronson, Nyeisha Prince, Patrick Shiroishi, Russell Harvard, Sam Quinones, Warren Snipe

Summary: From 2011 to 2013, tubas were stolen from Los Angeles high schools. This is not a story about thieves or missing tubas. Instead, it asks what it means to listen.

Director: Alison O'Daniel

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 92 min

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Alissa Wilkinson

Mar 14, 2024

Its connective tissue is an idea, an exploration, and it’s designed to be more absorbed than understood. But for the patient audience, it’s richly illuminating. Read full review

IndieWire Susannah Gruder

Nov 16, 2023

The Tuba Thieves is about embracing uncertainty and misunderstanding — something d/Deaf/hard-of-hearing people do every day. In fact, the film’s entire genesis was intended as a large-scale “game of telephone,” deliberately seeking out disorder and unexpected end products. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Nov 16, 2023

Without the rigidness of a concrete story, O’Daniel is able to command the medium in an invigorating manner. Though it requires that audiences surrender to its unconventional tactics, the reward is the opportunity to rediscover the familiar with a fresh set of eyes and ears. Read full review

The Film Stage John Fink

Nov 16, 2023

Through its experimental structure, The Tuba Thieves defies convention, creating a challenging experience that forces us to listen without an overarching narrative imposing some sense of order or the authority of a documentary filmmaker. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Mar 12, 2024

The Tuba Thieves doesn’t quite have the mastery of the collage form you’ll find in somewhat similar experiments like Leviathan or Cameraperson, so that some of its ideas and images can feel scattershot, yet it undeniably subverts the tools of cinema in a uniquely compelling way. Read full review

The Playlist Brian Farvour

Nov 16, 2023

The effort deserves a nod, but the execution stumbles, falls, and, whether intentional or not, can’t be saved. Read full review

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