Composer

KATHRYN BOSTIC

MODERATED BY MIRIAM CUTLER (Composer)

Screening Link available upon Registration

YouTube Live Stream Q&A

Monday, June 13, 1:00PM PT

This six-episode series aired in three parts is based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, who in 1955 risked her life to find justice after her son Emmett was brutally murdered in the Jim Crow South. Unwilling to let Emmett’s murder disappear from the headlines, Mamie chose to bear her pain on the world’s stage, emerging as an activist for justice and igniting the civil rights movement as we know it today. TV-MA | 45mins

Kathryn Bostic is an Emmy nominated and award-winning composer and artist known for her work in films, TV, and theater. She is a recipient of numerous fellowships and awards including the Sundance Institute/Time Warner Fellowship, Sundance Fellowship for Feature Film Scoring, Sundance/Skywalker Documentary Film Scoring, BMI Conducting Fellowship, and Best Music in Film by the African American Film Critics Association. In 2016, she became the first African American female score composer to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Bostic’s scores and songs can be heard in productions with a lineup of award-winning directors and writers.

She is Emmy nominated for her original music in award-winning films Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir and Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am. Bostic wrote and performed the Toni Morrison film end title song “High Above the Water”, which was shortlisted for the Oscars 2020 Best Original Song. At the Society of Composers & Lyricists’ inaugural awards in January 2020, her score for this film was awarded Outstanding Score for an Independent Film. Bostic’s scores include Sundance award-winning Clemency, Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It, and the HBO documentary Black Art: In the Absence of Light. She most recently scored the ABC limited series Women of The Movement. Her forthcoming releases include three films premiering at Tribeca Film Festival: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, LIFT, and After Selma: The Lowndes County Freedom Party.

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FREE for current SCL members (click HERE to check membership status).

Attendees will be emailed a Screening Link upon Registration and a Q&A YouTube Live Stream link on Monday, June 13, 10 minutes before Q&A start.

Attendees can ask questions on YouTube chat, and the SCL Host will pass them on to the Moderator. The SCL Member Code of Conduct applies to online Q&As.

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