DARE TO DRUM (2015)

About the Film

Documentary | 85 MIN

This film speaks to the inherent traits that drummers and percussionists possess as natural explorers of music and sound, and how this story examines the challenge of translating foreign voices of percussive expression into the dialect of a Western classical orchestra. Five accomplished percussionists, Drum, and a rock star composer, Stewart Copeland, come together with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create a groundbreaking work.

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Directed by

John Bryant

Featuring

Stewart Copeland


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