Sat: 8PM
Changing Keys: Billy McLaughlin and the Mysteries of Dystonia
(Suzanne Jurva, 2009)
Minneapolis native Billy McLaughlin astounded audiences with his innovative guitar technique and composing style. In the late 1990s, he began to lose control of his hand and arm and was soon unable to play his own music. Many thought his career was over when he was diagnosed with focal dystonia, an incurable neuro-muscular disorder. Billy had other ideas: He began the arduous task of retraining himself to play left-handed, one note at a time. Suzanne Jurva followed McLaughlin during these years. Through her eyes, we witness his miraculous and inspiring story. Suzanne will introduce her film and be on hand for questions and discussion after the screening.
Suzanne Jurva graduated from Michigan Tech with a degree in Scientific and Technical Communication. She worked as Feature Film Development Executive with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios and founded the mobile-delivery media company, Starcut, working in partnership with Nokia.
The Northern Lights Film Festival is sponsored by the departments
of Humanities and Visual
and Performing Arts, and Cin/Optic Media Enterprise.
Michigan Technological University
is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer.
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