The Tuba Thieves

In the sunny, laid-back Californian backdrop the serial disappearance of tubas throws a symbolic starting point for a film that has nothing to do with tubas at all. As an exploration of the capacity of our senses, the film asks us the question of what it really means to listen and if our ear reliance is our only auditory skill. Being less reliant on spoken dialogue or synchronous sound, but more focused on conveying emotions, experiences, and connections through auditory sensations, THE TUBA THIEVES is an original, audio-visually striking reminder that we should pay more attention, and be more open to the way we perceive things around us. Also to the way we perceive and create film and art. Through several events like a Prince concert at a school for the Deaf, John Cage's soundless piano performance, and a solo by a deaf drummer, director Alison O’Daniel, drawing from her own experience with hearing loss, has created an exceptional, original and sensory cinematic experience that explores our passive relationship what hearing is all about.