Aportrait of life in the nation’s heartland as seen through the lens of a unique
American ritual.

Every fall, high school marching bands take to the field. For millions  of teenagers, the experience is more than a show. It’s  a rite of passage—a first foray into leadership and adult responsibility,  and a chance to learn what it means to be part of a community.

Part documentary, part coming-of-age story, American Band describes the lives  inside one of the best of those bands. In the final year of a legendary director’s  career,  amid conflicting notions of greatness, the band marches  through a season that starts in hope and promise, progresses through  uncertainty and disappointment, and ends, ultimately, in redemption.

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