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Making Black Music Docs That Sing | Beyond Resilience Masterclass

On Thursday, June 20, from 4-5 pm ET, in celebration of Juneteenth and Black Music Month, Firelight Media hosted a Beyond Resilience Masterclass featuring the filmmakers behind some of the most lauded Black music documentaries of the decade. Moderator Leah Smith (Producer, 'Luther: Never Too Much') will be joined by legendary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Director, 'Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool' and the forthcoming 'Make it Funky: The History of Funk'), producer Lisa Cortes (Director/Producer, 'Little Richard: I Am Everything'), and Melissa Haizlip (Director/Producer, 'Satisfied' and 'Mr. Soul!') to dive into their experience creating complex, rich, and nuanced films about Black recording artists. Black culture has always engendered and shaped American culture. But it’s Black music and musicians, specifically, that have set the cultural agenda – (re)inventing genres, setting and breaking sales records, and commanding stages. With such prestige attached to Black artists and their careers, what are the creative and practical challenges of making documentary films about them? What can filmmakers learn about working with artists and their estates, music labels (who often own the music rights), and distributors, to create accurate and entertaining portraits of these stars? And most crucially, how are today’s most talented Black filmmakers retaining their distinct creative voice on projects that are often heavily influenced by other stakeholders?