Female Banjo Player Brings Banjo to the Big Screen

“Whenever people see me with my banjo I’m asked if I’ve seen Deliverance and if I play Dueling Banjos...even though I consider myself a banjo player the answer is no” says Anielle Reid, Americana singer-songwriter and banjoist who recently released the banjo-based EP Ain’t Like ‘Em.

Despite the proliferation of the banjo in genres outside of bluegrass, folk and country the popular visual conception held of the banjo and of its players is still quite limited but that is about to change.

The Princeton Independent Film Festival will be screening Reid’s music video Morality. It stars French actor Pascal Yen-Pfister and was shot along graffiti lined brick streets in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and in a dark industrial studio in Union City, NJ but most importantly it features a woman banjo player and her Deering Goodtime Banjos.

“The inclusion of the music video is just a sign that society is ready to accept the banjo in a new light and as a progressive banjo player I can’t be happier!”

Reid hopes that other banjo players will be inspired to create visuals that are more reflective of the new landscapes that the instrument is now being played on and to continue making their own banjo music that one day will fill the soundtrack of a best-selling feature film like Deliverance or O’Brother Where Art Thou.

Anielle Reid can be seen performing at Alchemist and Barrister on Saturday September 19th at 1pm at the Princeton Independent Film Festival Awards Lunch.

For more on Anielle Reid:

http://www.aniellereid.com

For ticket information:

http://www.princetonindependentfilmfestival.com/special-events.html