A Concerto is a Conversation

A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

2021 Academy Awards - Best Documentary Short Film Nominee
NY Times Op Doc
Vimeo Staff Pick // Best of the Month
Premiered at Sundance 2021

  2. Project Type

    Documentary

  4. Date

    2020

  6. Location

    Los Angeles, CA

  8. Client

    New York Times

  10. Production Company

    Breakwater Studios

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CREDITS

  2. Director

    Ben Proudfoot & Kris Bowers

  4. Editor

    Lukas Dong

  6. Executive Producer

    Ava DuVernay

  8. Producer

    Ben Proudfoot

  10. Producer

    Jeremy Lambert

  12. Producer

    Kris Bowers

  14. Co-Producer

    Abby Lynn Kang Davis

  16. Co-Producer

    Caley Shannon

  18. Line Producer

    Sarah Stewart

  20. Director of Photography

    David Bolen & Brandon Somerhalder

  22. Sound Design & Mix

    Sean Higgins

  24. Original Score

    Kris Bowers

  26. Color Grade

    Stephen Derluguian

  28. Archival Coordinator

    Sarah Stewart

  30. Steadicam Operator

    Kyler Jae

  32. Camera Operator

    Neal Lett

  34. Camera Operator

    Sebastian Baron

  36. 1st Assistant Camera

    Arturo Ochoa

  38. 1st Assistant Camera

    Shaw Fisher

  40. Sound Recordist

    Sean Higgins

  42. Sound Recordist

    Richard Carlos

  44. Post Production Coordinator

    Elizabeth Brooke

  46. Assistant Editor

    Cody Wilson

  48. Sound Effects Editor

    Tom Boykin

  50. Foley Supervisor

    Beso Kacharava

  52. Sound Foley Editor

    George Murgulia

  54. Foley Artist

    Biko Gogaladze

  56. Foley Mixer

    Giorgi Lekishvili

  58. Music Contracting

    Peter Rotter & Encompass Partners

  60. Scoring Mixer

    Stephe Kaye

  62. Score Producer

    Max Wrightson

  64. Orchestration and Copyists

    Edward Trybek, Henri Wilkinson & Jonathan Beard

  66. Score Engineer

    Barbara Gruska

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