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In Conversation with Composer Nicholas Britell - If Beale Street Could Talk - VIDEO

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English - February 13, 2019 17:00 - 16 minutes - 863 MB Video - ★★★★ - 90 ratings
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In this exclusive video Veteran music writer Jon Burlingame chats with Oscar nominated Composer Nicholas Britell about his recent work on, “If Beale Street Could Talk” and the organic process of collaborating with the director Barry Jenkins on the film’s lush and evocative score.

In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny. Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

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