Alison O’Daniel – Press and Interviews

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Group of people in a dark room dancing in front of a stage. On stage is a band though you can only see one member, a guitar, and a microphone. — Still from “The Tuba Thieves”

Sept. 9, 2020 – Alison O’Daniel named as one of six 2020 Points North Fellows. “The Points North Fellowship brings six teams of early- and mid-career filmmakers to accelerate the development of their feature documentary, culminating in the public presentation of works-in-progress at the Points North Pitch. The Points North Fellowship aims to strengthen filmmakers’ artistic voices and propel their careers forward by facilitating new relationships with mentors, collaborators and funders. We believe that a strong community of support is vital for independent filmmakers who are taking creative risks and expanding the possibilities of documentary cinema.”

Read more here.

A collection of plants inside a greenhouse — Still from The Tuba Thieves (Scene 55: The Plants are Protected)

Generative Misunderstanding: Interview with Alison O’Daniel
Anne Ellegood for BOMB Magazine
August 14, 2018

“The process of creating the captions in my film has been the most generative. Every single edit considers the fact that I have an audience with a range of hearing experiences. I always think about how a Deaf audience would respond to an edit and how a hearing audience would, and I am inspired by and respect the fact that these receptions are different. While I require captions for films, I also sometimes feel like the captions “raise” a Deaf or HoH person’s experience to a hearing experience. And while I’m not saying that we shouldn’t have captions (WE SHOULD), I do wish that more HoH and Deaf people were determining the value system from which they are developed.” – Alison O’Daniel

Read full article here.

Woman wearing all black signs at the camera — Still from The Tuba Thieves

Alison O’ Daniel: A New Sensibility of Blended Senses
Shana Nys Dambrot for KCET
November 15, 2013

“The Tuba Thieves” is not O’Daniel’s first long-form film project, nor is it the first time she’s worked with a conceptual audio score; nor is it her first collaboration; and it’s not the first time she’s produced a large body of mixed media sculptures for the wall, floor, and ceiling, either. It’s not even the first time she has mined private experiences and performed elements in the narratives herself. But with “The Tuba Thieves,” we see the ultimate convergence and evolution of all these aspects, channeled into the service of a single, fairly epic, masterpiece — albeit one being mastered in pieces. O’Daniel is enthusiastic. “The film will be experienced wildly out of order,” she says, “I love the way this non-linear experience of a linear narrative explodes normal viewing patterns.” – Shana Nys Dambrot

Read the full article and watch the short-format documentary here.