Contemporary Color

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Contemporary Color

PG-13

2017

1h 47m

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Music

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The art of color guard is paired with contemporary musicians in this 2015 event staged by David Byrne at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The color guard's synchronized dance is paired with performers including St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado and Ad-Rock.

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David Lewis

San Francisco Chronicle

03/16/2017

2/4

Often dazzling, yet somehow distant.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

03/16/2017

If you aren't bingeing color guard videos on YouTube afterward, you might not have a heart.

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Violet Lucca

Film Comment Magazine

03/07/2017

The Rosses' film ambitiously attempts to bridge the gaps created by that act of borrowing, but gets stretched far too thin.

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Jason Adams

The Film Experience

07/06/2021

Quirk runs far and wide, oft gloriously so. It's just a very weird spectacle, one of a kind, and even though I'm personally allergic to jazz hands I found myself captivated anyway.

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Catherine Capellaro

Isthmus (Madison, WI)

11/22/2019

The music and the routines start to blend together after a while, but the passion the young people show for their art is palpable.

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Michael J. Casey

Boulder Weekly

08/14/2019

Not just spectacular to watch, but heartwarming.

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03/04/2017

Often illuminating concert film, albeit one that doesn't have an even ratio of performance and behind-the-stage footage.

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John H

@jhritz 05/11/2016

Interesting mash up. Color guard drills are meant to be viewed from a distance. The intercut closeups are a mistep.

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The art of color guard is paired with contemporary musicians in this 2015 event staged by David Byrne at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. The color guard's synchronized dance is paired with performers including St. Vincent, Nelly Furtado and Ad-Rock.

Director: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
Producer: David Byrne, Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Production Co: Department of Motion Pictures, Todo Mundo
Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 1, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 30, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $15.3K
Runtime: 1h 47m