A RUBBERBAND IS AN UNLIKELY INSTRUMENT
THEATRICAL RELEASE |  DIGITAL | VOD
Catalog No.: FTF-038 | 
In Theaters: February 8, 2013 | 
Director: Matt Boyd | 
Length: 135 minutes
 | Year: 2013

Theatrical Premier:  February 8, 2013

Now Available on Cable VOD

Available Digitally:  iTunes l Amazon l Vudu l Sony Playstation l X-Box 

 Synopsis

A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument is a lyrical exploration of a Brooklyn couple as they navigate their path amidst rapidly changing political, social, financial and spiritual landscapes. Walter Baker is an eccentric, multi-instrumentalist struggling to maintain balance between creating art, making ends meet and raising his twelve year old son with his third wife, a poet. Artistically and philosophically situated on the fringes of mainstream culture, Baker grasps to bear the roles of family man, business owner and aspiring composer.  

Featuring: Walter Baker, Andrea Baker, Sidney Baker, Theresa Baker, Walter Baker Sr.

Directed, Photographed and edited by Matt Boyd
Produced by Jason Ross, Ryan Zacarias, Brook Bernard

Festivals: Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, Raindance Film Festival

Press

"Gliding from intimate to surreal, from aurally disjunctive to visually seductive, Rubberband is a languorous ballad."
-Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times, Critics Pick

"A work of dreamily seductive virtues that stretches the limits of nonfiction."
-John Anderson, Variety

"Unforgettable. Heavily Stylized. Unsentimental."
-Brandon Harris, Filmmaker Magazine 

"It's a sonic marvel."
-Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine 

"In a world now filled with countless indie DIY documentaries, A Rubberband Is an Unlikely Instrument manages to stand out, with a challenging structure and a careful meditation on the zeitgeist of detached ennui."
-Paolo Scarpa, Tiny Mix Tapes 

"A heavy, sobering achievement, the type of novelistic nonfiction storytelling that doesn’t come around too often."
-Michael Tully, Hammer to Nail

"Rubberband is a remarkably intimate movie -- intimate in ways we rarely see."
-James van Maanen, Trust Movies 

In Theaters 

February 8-14, 2013
reRun Theater
Brooklyn, NY
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Trailer

Rubberband Teaser

Handstand Teaser

Voice Teaser

Sydney Teaser

Andrea Teaser