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.

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Trevor Tweeten

Director

Tim Pennells

Assistant Sound Editor

David Hammons

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Casey Betts

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Sarah Rentz

Executive Producer

Sam Shepherd

Sound Mixer

Julie Mehretu

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Anne Byrd

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Thomas Struth

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David Wojnarowicz

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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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Eric Welles-Nystrom

Executive Producer

Colin Rae

Music Coordinator

Trevor Schoonmaker

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Julie Mehretu

Producer

Trevor Tweeten

Editor

Sam Shepherd

Writer

Olli Cunningham

Music Coordinator

Jess Plummer

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John Prestage

Recording Supervision

Carmine Lauri

Music

Evan Low

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Pharoah Sanders

Musician

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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Julie Mehretu

Executive Producer

Tacita Dean

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Eric Welles-Nystrom

Producer

Yale Evelev

Executive Producer

Julie Rivera

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Noah Therrien

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Rachel Wolff

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London Symphony Orchestra

Music

Trevor Tweeten

Cinematography

Joanne Heyler

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Sam Shepherd

Executive Producer

Sally Herbert

Conductor

Sean Cook

Sound Engineer

Ashley Andrew-Jones

Assistant Music Supervisor

Rujeko Hockley

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Sam Shepherd

Music Arranger

Paul Diddy

Title Designer

Jeremy Murphy

Sound Engineer

Gianluca Massimo

Assistant Music Supervisor

Jeannine Guido

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Oresti Tsonopoulos

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