Synopsis
Born in New York City, composer, performer, and visual artist
Charlemagne Palestine was a contemporary of
Steve Reich and
Phillip Glass in the avant-garde classical music scene of the 1960s and 1970s. On stages filled with his own home-made stuffed animals, Palestine performs his trance-like strumming music. He is often referred to as a minimal composer, but rejects that in favour of "maximalism". Anne Maregiano's documentary about Palestine allows the artist to tell his own story while putting his music and performance, in long, unedited takes, at the centre of the film.
