Producer : Julie Mehretu, Yale Evelev, Eric Welles-Nystrom, Sam Shepherd, Sarah Rentz
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : Norwegian
About : Promises: Through Congress is a collaboration between Julie Mehretu, electronic music composer Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd, and filmmaker Trevor Tweeten. This 46-minute film features Mehretu’s expansive painting Congress (2003) and Promises (Luaka Bop, 2021), the acclaimed album from Floating Points and jazz titan Pharoah Sanders featuring the London Symphony Orchestra. Filmed on location at The Broad in Los Angeles.