32 Sounds

A film by Sam Green

32 Sounds is an immersive feature documentary and profound sensory experience from Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground, A Thousand Thoughts) featuring original music by JD Samson (Le Tigre, MEN). The film explores the elemental phenomenon of sound by weaving together 32 specific sound explorations into a cinematic meditation on the power of sound to bend time, cross borders, and profoundly shape our perception of the world around us. Join Oscar nominated filmmaker Green as he takes the audience on a journey through time and space exploring everything from forgotten childhood memories, to the soundtrack of resistance, to subaquatic symphonies and experience in new ways the astonishing sounds of our everyday lives. 32 Sounds investigates the mysterious nature of perception and the subtle yet radical politics that arise from sensation and being present in one’s body.

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Director

Sam Green

Producer

Josh Penn, Thomas O. Kriegsmann

Runtime

99 minutes

Rights Represented

Educational, Digital

Captions Available

English

Language

English

Press

“…bursting with humor, emotion and curiosity, “32 Sounds” is a uniquely mind-expanding plunge into a dimension of the human experience so many of us take for granted, a rare and rewarding sonic journey with the potential to enrich our lives”

- Peter Debruge, VARIETY

“Immersive Doc About the Magic of Sound Will Leave You with Ears Wide Open”

- David Ehrlich, IndieWire

“…a delightful, joyous film that changes the way you look at — or maybe listen to — the world.”

- Alissa Wilkinson, VOX
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32 Sounds

An immersive sensory film experience

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