The score will accompany a screening. Shoes follows the story of a young woman who struggles to replace her only pair of shoes, which are falling to pieces, while supporting a family of six with a deadbeat father. According to the composer, “the score is in conversation with the film across a century’s divide on the fight for women’s rights, poverty and workers’ rights, and how these issues continue to plague our world today. This piece is a statement that helps us reflect on how we do or don’t evolve as a society.” 

The screening and premiere will be followed by a discussion with the composer, led by Sky Sitney, Program Director of the Film and Media Studies Program at Georgetown University.

There will also be a New York Premiere on December 5th at Jazz @ Lincoln Center.

Shoes (1916) 
Directed by Lois Weber 
Music by Alexis Cuadrado

Ensemble
Kavita Shah – Voice
Naadje Noordhuis – Trumpet
Amy Kang – Cello 
Luis Perdomo – Piano 
Christos Rafalides – Vibraphone
Alexis Cuadrado – Bass 
Shirazette Tinnin – Drums