TREES

Oscar nominated filmmaker Sam Green joins forces with Grammy award winner Sō Percussion and National Book Critics Awardee and environmentalist Rebecca Solnit in the latest of his singular yet collective live cinema experiences. In Green’s works, documentary film meets live original scores with Green’s own live narration. TREES is a profoundly moving, “unique and ephemeral” (The New York Times)  study of humankind’s relationship to our Earthly cohabitants, the silent witnesses to all of humanity across countless events and generations, putting humanity’s place into perspective. Featuring actress Judi Dench, artist Ersin Ersin (aka Marshmallow Laser Feast), scientists and stories from around the world, TREES marks Green’s most ambitious film yet.

This performance may contain profanity and strong language. Recommended for ages 16 and up.

Acknowledgements:

Commissioned work is generously supported by Stanford Live Commissioning & Programming Fund donors.

Commissioned by The Boston Symphony Orchestra; New World Symphony; Oregon Symphony Orchestra; Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Wiener Festwochen; Barbican Centre; Holland Festival; Stanford Live @ Stanford University; Duke Arts @ Duke University, Durham, NC; The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi; Green Music Center of Sonoma State University; and Arizona Arts Live at University of Arizona.

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.