In a period of time from 2011 to 2013, numerous tubas were stolen from schools around the Los Angeles area. This film does not closely follow those thefts, and we never catch glimpse of the thieves.
Instead, The Tuba Thieves takes audiences on a journey the both the absence and presence of sound, presenting a new way to look at the world around us. The film’s captions are brief yet majorly descriptive, attributing details to sounds one wouldn’t have otherwise considered. Even what one would consider “silence” has a description, which once explored, can be heard.
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