Hearts Beat Loud

Director: Brett Haley
Screenwriters: Marc Basch, Brett Haley

Institute History

Description

Mon., Jul. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Ogden Amphitheater, Ogden

As single dad Frank (Nick Offerman) prepares to send hardworking daughter Sam (Kiersey Clemons) off to UCLA pre-med, he also reluctantly realizes he has to accept that his own record-store business is failing. Hoping to stay connected with his daughter through their shared love of music, he urges her to turn their weekly “jam sesh” into an actual band. They unexpectedly find We’re Not a Band’s first song turning into a minor Spotify hit, and they use their songwriting efforts to work through their feelings about the life changes each of them faces.

Preceded by the StoryCorps short film The Saint of Dry Creek, directed by Julie Zammarchi, 4 min.
Patrick Haggerty was a teenager in rural Dry Creek, Washington, in the late 1950s. Here, he remembers the day he first had a conversation with his father about being gay.

Presented in collaboration with Ogden Amphitheater. Gates open at 6:30 p.m.

— H.Z.

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