New InterviewsNowhere Now: The Ballad of Joshua Tree: An interview with Don DiNicola Joshua Tree, the high desert community outside Los Angeles, has become a mecca for exciting musical voices. How the particularities of this place—its history and traditions, its isolation from urban centers, and its unique atmosphere and community—have contributed to this phenomenon is the subject of the film, told with stirring interviews and live performances. Each writer-performer has his or her personal story, but all have had to face the conflict between maintaining their artistic identity and surviving in the industry. Our Cristina Garza sat down with first time director and New York composer Don DiNicola to discuss his documentary, NOWHERE NOW: THE BALLAD OF JOSHUA TREE. Don chats about discovering the little known music scene in the high mountains, the ,mystical history of the place, and the ryhtm of filmmaking. NOWHERE NOW: THE BALLAD OF JOSHUA TREE is now playing at New York's Anthology Film Archives Posted on 08/25/08 by: FCFeatures 
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