Promises: Through Congress

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.

Crew

Trevor Tweeten

Director, Editor, Cinematography

Sam Shepherd

Writer, Executive Producer, Sound Mixer, Music Arranger

Sarah Rentz

Executive Producer

Eric Welles-Nystrom

Executive Producer, Producer

Julie Mehretu

Executive Producer, Producer, Other

Yale Evelev

Executive Producer

Tim Pennells

Assistant Sound Editor

Sean Cook

Sound Engineer

Jeremy Murphy

Sound Engineer

Ashley Andrew-Jones

Assistant Music Supervisor

Gianluca Massimo

Assistant Music Supervisor

Colin Rae

Music Coordinator

Olli Cunningham

Music Coordinator

Pharoah Sanders

Musician

Carmine Lauri

Music

London Symphony Orchestra

Music

John Prestage

Recording Supervision

Paul Diddy

Title Designer

Sally Herbert

Conductor

David Hammons

Other

Thomas Struth

Other

David Wojnarowicz

Other

Casey Betts

Thanks

Anne Byrd

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Willie Kuo

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Jennifer Gutowski

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Jonathan Sanden

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Linda Pellegrini

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Marian Goodman Gallery

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Trevor Schoonmaker

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Jess Plummer

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Evan Low

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Wes Hardesty

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Megan Heuer

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Andrew Hawkes

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Danielle Bias

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Caroline Mckinley

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Tom Deffee

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Tacita Dean

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Julie Rivera

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Noah Therrien

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Rachel Wolff

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Joanne Heyler

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Rujeko Hockley

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Jeannine Guido

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Oresti Tsonopoulos

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