Ava DuVernay has boarded Oscar contender A Concerto Is A Conversation as executive producer. Co-directed by Emmy-winning composer Kris Bowers and Emmy-winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, the 13-minute short subject documentary follows Bowers as he tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather Horace Bowers from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
The docu short will have its festival debut at the virtual edition of the Sundance Film Festival starting January 28 at 7am PST as part of Documentary Shorts Program 2.
The film is currently streaming at nytimes.com.Horace Bowers left his home in the Jim Crow South, eventually ending up in Los Angeles.
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