We’re excited to kick off our Film Independent Presents: Exclusives series in style, with a live Q&A with We Are Freestyle Love Supreme producer/director Andrew Fried (Chef’s Table, Cheer) and producer/featured subject Thomas Kail (Fosse/Verdon, Hamilton), plus featured subjects James Monroe Iglehart (Broadway’s Aladdin, Three Christs) and Christopher Jackson (Hamilton, Moana).

The brand new Exclusives series will feature special screenings and events, for Arts Circle and Film Lover Members and their guests.

Well before the world knew of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda was in an improvisational hip-hop group called Freestyle Love Supreme, along with director Thomas Kail and performers Christopher Jackson and Anthony Veneziale. Filmmaker Andrew Fried began chronicling the group in the summer of 2005, documenting the early days of Freestyle Love Supreme beatboxing and rapping on the sidewalks, unaware of how their story would unfold. Fourteen years later, Fried captures them reuniting for a series of shows in New York City that led to a triumphant run on Broadway. Both poignant and inspired, We Are Freestyle Love Supreme recalls the creative dreams of youth and why this show still means so much to these accomplished performers.

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme is available on Hulu on July 17, 2020.

 
2020, 82 minutes, color | Directed by Andrew Fried | Produced by Thomas Kail, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jenny & Jon Steingart, Jill Furman, Sarina Roma, Andrew Fried and Endeavor Content | Featuring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Arthur Lewis, Anthony Veneziale, Christopher Jackson, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Chris Sullivan, Bill Sherman, James Monroe Iglehart, Andrew Bancroft and Thomas Kail

Event details and guest participation are subject to change or cancellation without prior notice.