Riders of the Purple Sage

Published by Ojai Film Festival on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020

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Friday, November 6 at 1 pm & Wednesday, November 11 at 1 pm

2020, USA, Director: Kristin Atwell Ford, Producers: Kristin Atwell Ford and Scott J. Hooker; 82 min.
A classically trained composer teams up with his librettist to adapt Zane Grey’s dime-store novel into an operatic masterpiece. What begins as creative challenge for the two men evolves into a collaboration between multi-talented artists, musicians and singers. Their vision culminates on the opera’s opening night with a story that marries deep musical traditions and cutting-edge stagecraft with iconic heroes from the American West.