John Schaefer

Haitian-American composer Nathalie Joachim is the co-artistic director and flutist of the Grammy-winning contemporary chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird, and one half of the art-pop duo, Flutronix. She's worked with Bryce Dessner, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Richard Reed Parry, Miguel Zenón, and the International Contemporary Ensemble as well. Her latest, with Chicago-based string ensemble Spektral Quartet, is "Fanm d'Ayiti" (Women of Haiti), a joyous and magic-infused work celebrating Haitian song, and how women are "the driving force of life, of politics, and social change." (Joachim, in an interview with I Care If You Listen.) Joachim and the quartet play some of "Fanm d'Ayiti," in-studio.

Haitian-American composer Nathalie Joachim is the co-artistic director and flutist of the Grammy-winning contemporary chamber ensemble Eighth Blackbird, and one half of the art-pop duo, Flutronix. She's worked with Bryce Dessner, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Richard Reed Parry, Miguel Zenón, and the International Contemporary Ensemble as well. Her latest, with Chicago-based string ensemble Spektral Quartet, is "Fanm d'Ayiti" (Women of Haiti), a joyous and magic-infused work celebrating Haitian song, and how women are "the driving force of life, of politics, and social change." (Joachim, in an interview with I Care If You Listen.) Joachim and the quartet play some of "Fanm d'Ayiti," in-studio.

遠藤周作の小説「沈黙」を、巨匠マーティン・スコセッシが映画化したヒューマンドラマ。キリシタンの弾圧が行われていた江戸初期の日本に渡ってきたポルトガル人宣教師の目を通し、人間にとって大切なものか、人間の弱さとは何かを描き出した。17世紀、キリスト教が禁じられた日本で棄教したとされる師の真相を確かめるため、日本を目指す若き宣教師のロドリゴとガルペ。2人は旅の途上のマカオで出会ったキチジローという日本人を案内役に、やがて長崎へとたどり着き、厳しい弾圧を受けながら自らの信仰心と向き合っていく。