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  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers. Recruiting performers that include the likes of Saint Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original piec...

Directed By: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross

  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2017
  • PG-13
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 37 m

Contemporary Color

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary In the summer of 2015, legendary musician David Byrne staged an event at Brooklyn's Barclays Center to celebrate the art of Color Guard: synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles, and sabers. Recruiting performers that include the likes of Saint Vincent, Nelly Furtado, Ad-Rock, and Ira Glass to collaborate on original piec...

Directed By: Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross

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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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100
Mar 5, 2017
It’s not every documentary that can so exhilaratingly make us feel a part of something so special.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
91
Mar 2, 2017
Ultimately, Contemporary Color captures the essence of the event in question with expert craftsmanship, and the filmmaking prowess doesn’t overwhelm the show.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
83
Jan 16, 2017
In its formal inventiveness and compassion, Contemporary Color moves well past the boundaries of “concert movie.”
By Nick Newman FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 2, 2017
Throughout the film, a talent-rich gang of cinematographers (many doc-makers in their own right, like Approaching the Elephant's Amanda Rose Wilder and Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo's Jessica Oreck) favor that intimacy over the big picture.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 2, 2017
You could call it a musical performance documentary and not be wrong, but it's trying to do other things too, some expertly and others not so well; but there's never a point where you quite get a handle on it because it keeps changing in front of your eyes.
By Matt Zoller Seitz FULL REVIEW
70
Feb 28, 2017
The approach is experiential, a you-are-there-and-overwhelmed dazzlement, rather than a definitive record of each squad's big moment.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 2, 2017
A passion project from the sing-talk god David Byrne, Contemporary Color is a concert film, but a finicky one, unstable and unfocused.
By Blake Goble FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Department of Motion Pictures, Public Domain, Todo Mundo
Release Date Mar 1, 2017
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating PG-13
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Website http://www.contemporarycolor.com/
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 5 Nominations
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Key West Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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