Softly - A GIANT STEP

A Film by
Zahra Partovi


“If his music is soft, it is so that we can hear it, not only with our ears, but with our mind and soul”


Softly - A GIANT STEP is a short, abstract/experimental film focusing on the music of American modernist composer Morton Feldman 1926-1987. Without any attempt at documentation, this memory-like film, makes a sweeping journey through the composer's sounds, and places where these sounds were created. Two works by Feldman are heard throughout the film: Selections from "For John Cage" and fragments from "Neither". Some words by Feldman are also heard woven into the music.


Tiffany DuMouchelle, soprano.    Myra Hinrichs, violin.    Shi An, piano

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Voiceover: Vincent FitzGerald

Cinematography: Peter Fernberger, William Keller, Paul Reuter

Editing: Michael Grenadier    Sound Design: Scott Lehrer

Duration: 30 Minutes.    Color: Black & White.    Released: 23 November 2017


Watch the film: vmeo.com/244115750



Morton Feldman Page