John Legend and his companions at Get Lifted Movie Co. are bringing some uplift to audiences with their inspiring new HBO documentary Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly Excessive Faculty.
The movie, now streaming on Max, explores an modern music program at Hill-Freedman World Academy in Philadelphia that pairs college students with native musicians who assist the children write, produce, compose and carry out authentic songs. It culminates within the creation of an album recorded by the scholars that – as HBO places it – “captures the difficult instances they’re residing in and the enjoyment that music brings.”
Emmy-winning director Amy Schatz and government producers Mike Jackson — the Emmy- and Tony-winning co-founder of Get Lifted — and his fellow Get Lifted co-founder Legend be part of the most recent episode of Deadline’s Doc Discuss podcast to debate their movie. Legend, whose items have earned him the uncommon EGOT sweep (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), tells us how he recognized with the songwriting course of that younger individuals discover within the documentary.
Youngsters like DaShaun, Dayani, Carmen and Adrian study to faucet into creativity they didn’t understand they possessed, below the steering of a trio of mentors: Bethlehem Roberson, Andrew Lipke and Kristal “Tytewriter” Oliver (with a nom de plume like “Tytewriter,” you realize she’s received to be good). They take a supportive strategy to get children over their pure shyness and hesitancy to share private tales that come to kind the premise of memorable songs. (The schooling program is directed by music know-how trainer Ezechial Thurman, who additionally seems within the movie.)
The podcast consists of excerpts of songs written and carried out by the scholars.
Doc Discuss co-host John Ridley (himself an Oscar winner) calls this movie the story we want proper now, a counterbalance to attempting instances. And Legend makes the argument that this outstanding music program ought to be adopted nationwide; he contrasts the emphasis on policing and management seen in so many colleges with the message Hill-Freedom World Academy is sending to children – that they’re particular, worthwhile, and able to distinctive achievement.
That’s on the brand new version of Doc Discuss, a podcast hosted by Ridley and Deadline’s Documentary Editor Matt Carey. Doc Discuss is a manufacturing of Deadline and Ridley’s Nō Studios.
Take heed to the most recent episode above.
