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Jan 27, 2017 · Midsummer in Newtown: Directed by Lloyd Kramer. Midsummer in Newtown is a testament to the transformative force of artistic expression to pierce through the shadow cast by trauma. In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, one grieving couple honors their daughter through music, while community children find their voice through a rock ...
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- Documentary, Music
- Lloyd Kramer
- 2017-01-27
In the emotionally powerful and uplifting new documentary Midsummer in Newtown, filmmaker Lloyd Kramer gains intimate access to three families who find hope in the transformative power of the arts.
Jan 26, 2017 · “Midsummer in Newtown” leans heavily on maudlin musical cues, cheapening its subjects’ words. Some tragedies defy conventional representation. Unlike the play it documents, this documentary...
- Lloyd Kramer
Jan 27, 2017 · “Midsummer in Newtown,” Lloyd Kramer’s documentary about Unger’s Shakespeare production, has the slight misfortune of coming out after Kim A. Snyder’s documentary, “Newtown,” which was a more wrenching and haunting portrait of the community’s grieving process.
Midsummer in Newtown Released Jan 27, 2017 1h 21m Documentary List 94% Tomatometer 18 Reviews After the Sandy Hook shootings, a theatre searches for children to perform in a rock version of...
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- Documentary
- Lloyd Kramer
Jan 27, 2017 · Midsummer in Newtown is a testament to the transformative force of artistic expression to pierce through the shadow cast by trauma. In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, one grieving couple honors their daughter through music, while community children find their voice through a rock-pop version of “A Midsummer Night's Dream.”.
In MIDSUMMER IN NEWTOWN, the community of Newtown, Connecticut, is still recovering from the brutal Dec. 14, 2012, murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In the wake of the tragedy, director Michael Unger and NewArts decide to put on a musical version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with some
