GENRE: Opera
RATING: NR
RUNNING TIME: 3:15
RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2021
STARRING: Angel Blue, Latonia Moore, Will Liverman
DIRECTOR: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
WRITER(S): Terence Blanchard/Libretto by Kasi Lemmons
MOVIE SYNOPSIS: In Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Oscar-nominated and six-time Grammy Award–winning composer and trumpeter Terence Blanchard and acclaimed filmmaker and librettist Kasi Lemmons adapt New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow’s memoir of the same name, which tells a profound story about a young man’s journey to overcome childhood of trauma and hardship. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin took the podium to conduct a stellar cast starring baritone Will Liverman, sopranos Angel Blue and Latonia Moore, and 13-year-old Walter Russell III. Emmy, Grammy, and six-time Tony Award–winner Audra McDonald hosted the transmission.