Larry Clark Partners With Filmmakers Edgar Morais & Luke Eberl On Music Doc ‘It Was Them’

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EXCLUSIVE: Larry Clark, the filmmaker behind the Harmony Korine-scripted Kids and Brad Renfro starrer Bully, has come aboard the music documentary It Was Them, from filmmakers Edgar Morais (Heatstroke) and Luke Eberl (Choose Connor), as an executive producer.

Currently in production, It Was Them is a portrait of the highs and lows of Jonathan Velasquez, Eddie Velasquez, Frank Navarrette and Carlos Ramirez, a group of musically talented Indigenous-Latino friends from South Central L.A.

who look to find their footing as immigrants in the foreign and labyrinthic streets of Paris. The film spans over a decade in the lives of the nomads and features an original soundtrack written and performed by the subjects.

In addition to co-directing, Morais has contributed writing to the film and is producing alongside Eberl. The U.S.-Portugal-German co-production’s team also includes producers Sol Tryon (Sean Baker’s Starlet, the Oscar short-listed Amerikatsi), Rodrigo Areias (Venice prize winner Listen, Golden Seashell and Goya winner The Rye Horn), and co-producers Andre Hörmann (Ringside, Netflix’s Till Murder Do Us Part) and Max Milhahn.