Music and social justice belong together.
This post was written by Tom Third.
I split my time writing music for both drama and documentary and in the documentary world, primarily explorations of social justice. Those just seem to be the kind of projects that come my way, and while it’s always a pleasure to work on films meant to inspire change in the wider world, it’s a little terrifying too. Working in fiction offers a kind of creative cover and safety.
It’s all make-believe, after all, and anything goes. Not so in documentaries, where we are dealing with real people, in real situations, and the music seems to carry a greater responsibility to somehow tell the truth.
BLK: An Origin Story is one of these kinds of documentaries. A privilege to work on and a real challenge, too. Spread across four episodes, It re-examines the history of the black experience in Canada, beginning in the War of 1812, continuing with the aftermath of the American Civil War, through the jazz age, and right up until the present day.
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This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
