Finding Her Beat [In-Person]
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Finding Her Beat [In-Person]

Directed By Dawn Mikkelson, Keri Pickett

USA, Japan | Documentary | 89 min

[After the screening, there will be a live in-person Q&A with the filmmakers.]

In the midst of a frozen Minnesota winter, a Japanese drum master and a Korean adoptee from North Dakota join forces to assemble the world’s best Taiko drummers in a bold effort to claim a cultural spotlight that has historically been reserved only for men.

As the early menace of Covid-19 rumbles in the background, the group faces down hurdles to prepare for a historic performance in snowy St. Paul. Buoyed by dynamic drum performances and do-or-die spirit, FINDING HER BEAT is an energizing and uplifting story of music, cultural expression and sisterhood.

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      • Date and Time

        Sunday, July 30 2023

        4:30 PM to 6:19 PM

      • Venue

        Quad Cinema

        34 W 13th Street
        New York, NY 10011

      Film Details

      1. English, Japanese

      2. English

      3. 2022

      4. 89 minutes

      5. Documentary

      6. USA, Japan

        7. Dawn Mikkelson

          Keri Pickett


        Dawn Mikkelson (Director/Producer/Editor) - Emmy Award winning producer and McKnight Filmmaking Fellow. Her work has appeared at: DOC NYC, Cinequest, Mill Valley Film Festival, Heartland Film Festival, APT, PBS, CBC, Yes-Docu, Duetsche Welle, iTunes, and Amazon Prime. In addition to FINDING HER BEAT, Mikkelson has completed six award-winning character-driven films highlighting power and joy in the margins, her sixth of which MINNESOTA MEAN premiered Spring 2023. Keri Pickett (Director/DP/Editor) - Award-winning artist, producer, director, cinematographer. Pickett’s films FIRST DAUGHTER AND THE BLACK SNAKE and THE FABULOUS ICE AGE screened at festivals around the world. Pickett has published multiple photography books, with photographs displayed in international museums as well as Life, Time, and Geo magazines. She has been awarded fellowships from the Bush Foundation, McKnight, Jerome, and Target Foundations, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

        8. Dawn Mikkelson

          Jennifer Weir

        9. Jennifer Weir

          Megan Chao Smith

          Tiffany Tamaribuchi

          Kaoly Asano

          Chieko Kojima

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