Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Contemporary Cinema
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1h 33m
Directed by Chloé Zhao | 93 mins | 2015
The feature debut of Zhao, future winner of Best Director Oscar for Nomadland, Songs My Brother Taught Me is an understated yet deeply felt naturalistic drama about life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, focused on two siblings (Jashuan St. John and Irene Bedard) and the realities of their hardscrabble lives.
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