Filmmaker Statement

Three years ago, I saw the Resistance Revival Chorus (RRC) perform for the first time, and I knew immediately that to capture the RRC was to document a movement of healing, joy, and progression. Throughout history, music has been used to resist. The songs of the RRC callback to the movements of the past where violence was met with a melody, and hatred with a hum. Over the course of the three years of this production, we have seen the rise of such civil rights and civic movements as Black Lives Matter, Close the Camps, Me Too, and Bans Off Our Bodies; while also experiencing supreme court decisions that continue to take people’s autonomy away. There is still much work to be done. Our goal with this film is to inspire a global movement of song. We hope that in seeing the chorus members, viewers can recognize the power in their own voices in empowering, motivating, demanding, and enacting change.