Documentary

32 SOUNDS

2023
1 HR, 39 min
MAR 29 → APR 3

Details

Released April 28, 2023, United States

Documentary

1 hour, 39 minutes

Abramorama

None

Starring

JD Samson
Edgar Choueiri
Annea Lockwood
Cheryl Tipp
Mazen Kerbaj
Fred Moten
Joanna Fang
Christine Sun Kim

Director

Sam Green

Film Information

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.

Film Stills

Full Cast

JD Samson

Edgar Choueiri

Annea Lockwood

Cheryl Tipp

Mazen Kerbaj

Fred Moten

Joanna Fang

Christine Sun Kim

Additional Credits

Sam Green Director

Reviews

“The sounds are finite, yet the benefits of tuning in to the film’s wavelengths are endless. It’s the greatest documentary you’ve ever heard.”

David Fear

Rolling Stone

“Full to 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

“This is a rare film and a rare use of cinema. Other documentaries are like filmed news stories. This one is like a poem. If you see this, you will never again think of hearing in quite the same way, and you will hear sounds that are so haunting that they will be with you for the rest of your life.”

Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle