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AnDReW BIRD: FeVeR YeAR
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Xan Aranda / USA / 2011 / 80 min / english Filmed during culminating months of the acclaimed singer-songwriter's most rigorous year of touring, Andrew Bird crosses the December finish line in his hometown of Chicago - feverish and on crutches from an onstage injury. Is he suffering hazards from chasing the ghost of inspiration? or merely transforming into a different kind of animal 'perfectly adapted to the music hall?' FeVeR YeAR is the first to capture Bird's precarious multi-instrumental looping technique and features live performances at Milwaukee's Pabst Theater with collaborators Martin Dosh, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Michael Lewis, and Annie Clark of St. Vincent. Producer: Xan Aranda / original Music: Andrew Bird / Concert Photography: Peter Gilbert / editor: Liz Kaar / Documentary Cinematographer: Aaron Wickenden / Concert Recording engineer: Tom Herbers / Concert editor: Angelo Valencia / Principal Cast: Andrew Bird, Martin Dosh, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Michael Lewis, featuring Annie Clark of St. Vincent / Contact: xan@kartemquin.com
THe DIReCToR: Xan Aranda is an award-winning independent filmmaker affiliated with acclaimed documentary powerhouse Kartemquin Films (HooP DReAMS) and the U. S. Department of education. Xan is currently at work on her next project, MoRMonS MAKe MoVIeS, inspired by religious educational films her mother starred in while a student at Brigham Young University during the 1960s. AnDReW BIRD: FeVeR YeAR is Aranda’s directorial debut and fourth collaboration with Andrew Bird. The film had its World Premiere at Lincoln Center as part of the new York Film Festival, received the omaha Film Festival's Jury Prize for Best Documentary, and the Audience Award from San Francisco's noise Pop Film Festival. FeVeR YeAR is described by The Hollywood Reporter as "a gently illuminating look at a brilliant maverick musician... captured with grace and delicacy." Xan is a Producer of the multi-award winning 2008 Kartemquin Films release MILKInG THe RHIno, which aired on PBS. She also served as outreach Director for PRISoneR oF HeR PAST, which aired on PBS in 2011. As founder and executive Director of the Chicago Short Film Brigade, Xan has curated and hosted Midwest screenings of international short films since 2003. The Sundance Institute recruited her for their 2011 ShortsLab: Chicago.
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