Oscar-Nominated The Singers: Sam Davis on Underdogs, Improvisation and Finding Beauty in Ordinary Rooms

By Rebecca Ford Now streaming globally on Netflix, The Singers is an Oscar-nominated, genre-bending short from two-time Academy Award® nominee Sam A. Davis. Inspired by a nineteenth-century story from Ivan Turgenev, the film reimagines classic literature as a contemporary meditation on connection, artistry and the overlooked voices hiding in plain sight. Set inside a down-at-heel pub filled with downtrodden men, The Singers unfolds around an impromptu sing-off that gradually dissolves emotional barriers. … Continue reading Oscar-Nominated The Singers: Sam Davis on Underdogs, Improvisation and Finding Beauty in Ordinary Rooms