A single percussionist taps away in his New York
apartment. The camera pulls slowly wide filling that
3-story LF screen with a 5-story building hosting
open-windows full of percussive residents. But this
film stomps right out of the States and around the
world. Africa to America, citizens of the world,
pound, stomp, dance, sing, smile. A heard of caribou
charge, then dissolve into a NY subway. A New Yorker
stands atop a tall building winging a howling
instrument, an aerial shot cuts to Red Canyon where a
native American spins the same instrument --
threading, weaving, the fabric that makes all of us
human. The film sows the cloth of music into a
cultural quilt that covers that huge IMAX screen with
warmth, comfort, and a spirit that beats with the
strength of the collective human heart.
Kodo drums in Japan, church Bells in England,
dance in Spain, elephants in India, painted
performers of Brazil, even underwater -- wordless,
this production speaks volumes in rhythm and
picture.
Even if you've seen "Stomp" (the stage
show), you still have to see this!
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