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Pittsburgh Artist Jasiri X Performs Live Score To 1925 Film 'Body And Soul'

Pittsburgh Artist Jasiri X Performs Live Score To 1925 Film 'Body And Soul'

FromEssential Pittsburgh Archives


Pittsburgh Artist Jasiri X Performs Live Score To 1925 Film 'Body And Soul'

FromEssential Pittsburgh Archives

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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"Body and Soul," the seminal work of the first major African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux is being given new life in a showcase tonight at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont . The screening of this feature length melodrama starring Paul Robeson comes with an original hip-hop score performed live by Pittsburgh artist Jasiri X. We'll talk with Jasiri X about how this project came together. Joining the conversation is black film scholar Joseph Kennedy.
Released:
Jun 17, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (20)

Essential Pittsburgh was a daily news and talk show hosted by Paul Guggenheimer and produced by 90.5 WESA until July 2016. It featured community leaders and newsmakers in the arts, sciences, technology, business, health care, government and education.