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Directed by | Chloé Zhao |
Written by | Chloé Zhao |
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Cinematography | Joshua James Richards |
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Distributed by | Kino Lorber |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $146,476[1] |
Songs My Brothers Taught Me is a 2015 American independent coming-of-age Native American drama tragedy[2] film written and directed by Chloé Zhao in her feature film directorial debut, and produced by Zhao and Forest Whitaker. Developed at the Sundance Institute workshops, the film, set in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, explores the bond between a Lakota Sioux brother and his younger sister.
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section.[3] It was later screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it received a nomination for the Caméra d'Or Award for best first feature film.[4]