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If the Malick and Sundance influences combined lead you to expect a work that’s stronger aesthetically and ethnographically than dramatically, then you won’t be surprised by “Songs My Brothers Taught Me.”
94% Tomatometer 33 Reviews 67% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Johnny and his sister Jashuan live with their single mother on a reservation. When their absentee father dies, Johnny feels compelled to...
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- Irene Bedard
- Chloé Zhao
- Drama
Mar 1, 2016 · “Songs My Brothers Taught Me,” a melancholic portrait of Lakota Indian life on the Pine Ridge Reservation in the South Dakota Badlands, suggests a Native American answer to “The Last...
- Stephen Holden
- Chloé Zhao
Chlo Zhao's directorial debut Songs My Brothers Taught Me is a quiet, sensitive indigenous coming-of-age story set as high school graduation nears on the Pine Ridge Reserve. Full Review |...
Apr 9, 2021 · As is now Zhao’s trademark, Songs focuses in on a family playing lightly fictionalised versions of themselves – in this case teenager Johnny (John Reddy) and his young sister Jashaun (Jashaun St John), Lakota siblings living on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation. After their mum turns to drink following the death of their estranged dad ...
- Chloé Zhao
- Jack Blackwell
The film received positive reviews for its honest portrayal of young people's lives on the reservation. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives a rating of 94% based on 31 reviews and an average rating of 7.83/10.
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Apr 13, 2021 · Songs My Brothers Taught Me Review. People: John Reddy. Chloe Zhao. On a South Dakota reservation, high-schooler Johnny (John Reddy) considers following his girlfriend Aurelia...
