Touch The Sound

Innovative sounds and striking visuals combine to form an exquisite cinematic work that's both a portrait of hearing-impaired percussionist Evelyn Glennie and a radical reexamination of sensory experience. This beautiful documentary begins with Glennie taking in the sights and sounds of New York City. But not until we've followed her from the massive echo chamber that is Grand Central Station, where Glennie bangs away on her favorite percussive instrument — the stand-up snare drum — to an industrial space in Cologne, Germany, where Glennie prepares to record an improvised session with the British musician Fred Frith, do we learn that this altogether fascina...