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The "Righteous Indignation" of 'All In': 'THR Presents' Q&A With Janelle Monae, Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortes

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At the height of the COVID pandemic, All In: The Fight for Democracy directors Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés reached out to Janelle Monáe to write a song for the documentary about voter suppression.

By her own admission, Monáe “mentally wasn’t in a good space” and had stopped recording. But after screening the film about Georgia political activist Stacey Abrams, the singer-songwriter and actress rallied and created the Oscar-shortlisted song, “Turntables,” drawing on familial experience. “My father was in and out of prison because he was addicted to drugs,” Monáe explained. “He is a recovering addict.

He's doing amazing now, but instead of putting him in rehabilitation, they threw him in jail and took away his voting rights.” Monáe, Garbus and.

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