A metal drummer loses his hearing and has to figure out what comes after. Sound of Metal moves in and out of Ruben's perception, letting the audience hear the world as he does, and holds open the tension between what Ruben wants to recover and what he might build instead.

Post-screening Q&A with Olivia Piper, AuD (Yale Hearing & Balance Program), discussing clinical and humanistic perspectives on hearing loss, identity, and adaptation.