Deadline’s Doc Talk Podcast: John Legend, Mike Jackson And Amy Schatz Stand Up & Shout With Music-Driven Documentary
deadline.comJohn Legend and his partners at Get Lifted Film Co. are bringing some uplift to audiences with their inspiring new HBO documentary Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School.
The film, now streaming on Max, explores an innovative music program at Hill-Freedman World Academy in Philadelphia that pairs students with local musicians who help the kids write, produce, compose and perform original songs.
It culminates in the creation of an album recorded by the students that – as HBO puts it – “captures the challenging times they’re living in and the joy that music brings.” Emmy-winning director Amy Schatz and executive producers Mike Jackson — the Emmy- and Tony-winning co-founder of Get Lifted — and his fellow Get Lifted co-founder Legend join the latest episode of Deadline’s Doc Talk podcast to discuss their film.
Legend, whose gifts have earned him the rare EGOT sweep (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), tells us how he identified with the songwriting process that young people explore in the documentary.
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