Promises: Through Congress

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Trevor Tweeten
Sound	Musician	Pharoah Sanders
	Music Arranger	Sam Shepherd
	Sound Engineer	Sean Cook Jeremy Murphy
	Music	London Symphony Orchestra Carmine Lauri
	Conductor	Sally Herbert
	Recording Supervision	John Prestage
	Assistant Music Supervisor	Ashley Andrew-Jones Gianluca Massimo
	Music Coordinator	Olli Cunningham Colin Rae
	Sound Mixer	Sam Shepherd
	Assistant Sound Editor	Tim Pennells
Production	Producer	Julie Mehretu Eric Welles-Nystrom
	Executive Producer	Julie Mehretu Sam Shepherd Sarah Rentz Eric Welles-Nystrom Yale Evelev
Editing	Editor	Trevor Tweeten
Crew	Cinematography	Trevor Tweeten
	Thanks	Tacita Dean Evan Low Trevor Schoonmaker Joanne Heyler Julie Rivera Willie Kuo Wes Hardesty Jennifer Gutowski Jeannine Guido Megan Heuer Andrew Hawkes Danielle Bias Caroline Mckinley Casey Betts Anne Byrd Rujeko Hockley Oresti Tsonopoulos Jonathan Sanden Noah Therrien Rachel Wolff Linda Pellegrini Marian Goodman Gallery Jess Plummer Tom Deffee
Art	Title Designer	Paul Diddy
	Other	David Hammons Thomas Struth David Wojnarowicz Julie Mehretu
Writing	Writer	Sam Shepherd
Department	Role	Name

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