Finding Her Beat: Film Screening & Artist Talk-Back

In the midst of a frozen Minnesota winter, a Japanese drum master and 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.

Their rhythm revolution includes rock stars from the world of Taiko: Tiffany Tamaribuchi, Kaoly Asano, Chieko Kojima, Megan Chao-Smith, and Jennifer Weir. Through grueling rehearsals, Jennifer weaves together their disparate voices and styles. Vulnerability, pain, and joys are shared—and we quickly see the bonds of friendship form as these talented women navigate their way through differences in culture, age, language, and performing styles.

As the clock ticks toward their first performance, it becomes clear that their story has become much larger than Taiko.

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The screening will be followed by an artist talk-back with film producer Jennifer Weir, and featured artists Megan Chao Smith and Yurika Chiba. The talk and Q&A will be moderated by award winning documentary filmmaker, Min Sook Lee.

This film includes Open Captions. The talk-back will include ASL interpretation.

Learn more about Finding Her Beat at https://www.herbeatfilm.com/

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