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Composer Jongnic Bontemps on Writing Music for Four Documentaries Covering the Lives of Black Americans

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Jon Burlingame Jongnic Bontemps might just qualify as the unofficial composer of the Black Lives Matter movement.No fewer than four major documentaries on African American subjects — airing now, or soon, on CNN, Netflix, National Geographic and Amazon Prime — feature scores written by the Brooklyn-born, L.A.-based composer.“I asked the universe for this,” Bontemps admits. “When the Black Lives Matter protests were happening last summer, I really wanted to be involved with my art, having something to say.” And within a matter of months, it happened.Perhaps the highest-profile project is “My Name Is Pauli Murray,” the story of the forgotten pioneer of rights for women, people of color and the queer community that was a hit at Sundance and.

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