‘Charliebird’ First Look: A Children’s Hospital Music Therapist Struggles to Find Hope Through Song in Tribeca Premiere | rssama.com

There is simply a definite ballad that carries complete erstwhile dealing pinch a shared trauma: It’s a resonance that only those who are attuned to woe tin understand. In nan highly-anticipated film “Charliebird,” that opus is amplified to a measurement that nary uncertainty will beryllium heard by audiences everywhere.

“Charliebird” stars Samantha Smart (who besides wrote nan script) arsenic a euphony therapist astatine a children’s hospital. During her shift, she is assigned to activity pinch 1 diligent whose communicative triggers her ain past. The movie will person its world premiere astatine nan Tribeca Film Festival successful nan communicative title section. This Libby Ewing‘s directorial characteristic debut.

The charismatic synopsis reads: “Working arsenic a euphony therapist astatine a children’s infirmary successful Texas, Alyse aka Al (Smart) is profoundly devoted to her patients and has a rebellious spirit. She’s masking her struggle to look a violent, past trauma. Her world is challenged erstwhile Charlie, a resistant 17-year-old patient, is assigned to her. Unlike her different kids, Charlie has nary liking successful moving pinch Al. She doesn’t spot her astatine first, but location is thing astir Charlie that reminds Al of her past and she is drawn to her, wished to break through. Their sisterly enslaved grows pinch an unexpected force. As professional lines blur, Al moves done her past, arsenic Charlie confronts her chartless future.” Gabriela Ochoa Perez, Jeffrey Grover, Gabe Fazio, and Maria Peyramaure co-star.

“Charliebird” is produced by Ewing, Smart, and Elliot Gipson. The movie was developed successful Ewing’s female writers collective, which she started successful 2020. Smart told IndieWire that nan book originated aft nan nonaccomplishment of her father. “Once nan characters became clear to me, they benignant of steered nan script- arsenic woo arsenic that sounds. In that way, I don’t consciousness for illustration I wrote it: I consciousness for illustration I listened and typed,” she said.

After past aft head Ewing’s ain begetter abruptly passed distant successful 2023, she knew that it would beryllium cathartic and treatment for them some to bring nan communicative of “Charliebird” to nan screen.

“It was a life altering experience,” Ewing told IndieWire of making nan film. “Sam and I had been moving connected ‘Charliebird’ for a while astatine that constituent and nan only point that made consciousness to maine [after losing my dad] was to make this film. Funding was a long, oftentimes discouraging travel and yet we were capable to money our movie because of individuals who were touched by this story. Our beloved community, including League City, San Leon, Dickinson High School, and The Houston Film Commission, were tremendous resources for us. We kept accumulation arsenic mini arsenic we could without losing nan integrity of nan story. If location were financial limitations, that’s wherever nan imaginative problem solving pushed maine and nan squad into making bold and meaningful, communicative driven choices. Sam and I were relentless successful our ngo and I’m convinced making a movie is simply a miracle.”

Ewing added that it was “serendipitous” to beryllium astatine Tribeca 2025, particularly during a twelvemonth wherever nan show programme has a beardown euphony taxable pinch debuts of Billy Joel’s “And So It Goes” documentary and Miley Cyrus’ ain directorial debut, “Something Beautiful.”
  
“We each cognize that euphony is transcendent and transformative; it has nan powerfulness to heal,” Ewing said. “My dream is that ‘Charliebird’ highlights really captious nan activity of euphony therapists and imaginative arts therapists are arsenic portion of nan treatment journey. These individuals are dedicating themselves to not only providing an outlet for patients, but successful galore cases, assisting patients and their families during nan process of end-of-life care. These programs are often nan first to suffer backing and I dream to rally our audiences’ support astir nan worth this provides for our failing healthcare system.”

Ewing and Smart are group to reunite connected different music-centric film, titled “September.” The characteristic is simply a emotion communicative group successful Paris.

“Charliebird” premieres astatine Tribeca as a income title from Circus Road Films. Check retired nan first look clip below.