Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros

A film by Daniel Weintraub at Tufts University  

Daniel Weintraub’s new feature-length film, Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros, is a documentary that traces the life and work of visionary composer, musician, teacher, technological innovator, and humanitarian Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016).

Q & A with the filmmaker, Daniel Weintraub following screening.

Co-sponsored by Tufts Film and Media Studies, Tufts Department of Music, Tufts SMFA, Non-Event, and Revolutions per Minute festival (RPM)

About the film

Daniel Weintraub’s new feature-length film, Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros, is a documentary that traces the life and work of visionary composer, musician, teacher, technological innovator, and humanitarian Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016).

Deep listening is the foundation for a radically transformed social matrix in which compassion and love are the core motivating principles guiding creative decision making and our actions in the world
–Pauline Oliveros

In addition to being a resident of Kingston, NY for over thirty years, Pauline was one of the world’s original electronic musicians, the only female amongst notable post-war American composers, a master accordion player, a teacher and mentor to musicians, a gateway to music and sound for non-musicians, and a technical innovator who helped develop everything from tools that allow musicians to play together while in different countries, to software that enables those with severe disabilities to create beautiful music. On the vanguard of contemporary American music for six decades, her story illuminates the pathway to how we got where we are and where the future will take us in the worlds of music, the philosophy of sound, and the art of listening.

Produced in collaboration with executive producer IONE, Oliveros’ partner in life and work, and the Ministry of Maåt, Inc., the film combines rare archival footage, live performances, and unreleased music with appearances by Terry Riley, Anna Halprin, Ione, Linda Montano, Laurie Anderson, Thurston Moore, Alvin Lucier, Claire Chase, Miya Masaoka, Morton Subotnick, Tony Martin, Ramon Sender and many more ground-breaking artists.

Trailer

About the filmmaker

Daniel Weintraub graduated from the film program at Northwestern University. As a broadcast and commercial editor and compositor, Daniel has extensive experience with a wide variety of formats and genres. He has worked with clients such as American Express, Canon, ComedyCentral, The Travel Channel, Fuse, Proctor and Gamble, HBO, NBC, MTV, and companies and organizations throughout the Hudson Valley. Recently, Daniel has edited two feature length documentaries, including Forced Change, a story about human displacement following hurricane Katrina. Daniel is a producer and director who has made documentaries, short films, dance films, music videos, corporate videos, and commercials and his work has featured in film festivals and museums around the world. In addition to film and video, Daniel’s recording studio, Hell’s Kitchen Recording, has been the home base for his musical exploits over the past 10 years. In this capacity, he has also recorded musicians including The Felice Brothers, Pauline Oliveros, Nels Cline, and many more as well as recording VO and ADR, producing sound design, and mixing for picture.