Film on Namibia, Music by Stephen James Taylor,at LA Film Fest

I got this message from SJT and thought it would interest other
microtonalists in the LA
area. Taylor also wrote the music to The Giving, using a number of Erv
Wilson's scales and
pitch structures including an hebdomekontany.

--John

SJT wrote:

>Just wanted to let everyone know the project written and directed by Charles Burnett that sent me to Africa last year and also this year is finally completed and will have its premiere at the upcoming LA Film Festival in Westwood. The feature film, entitled NAMIBIA: THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION, starring Danny Glover and Carl Lumbly, is an epic tale that unfolds during Namibia's 50 year struggle for independence. It's musical score represents the most ambitious undertaking of my career as it employed approximately 300 musicians (2/3rds of whom were Namibian) and was recorded on 3 continents. It blends tribal field recordings I made there in Africa with a 94 piece European orchestra and lots of indigenous instruments including some primitive one's I made by hand from found objects. Though the
rank and file citizens of Nambia will love this picture, there is
currently a lot of controversy within the Namibian government about this
film (even though they funded it) and we still don't know if this will
be the very first or very last screening of the movie. In any event I
hope you can make it and would love to know what you think of it.
Thanks Much,
Stephen James Taylor

Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 1-866-345-6337. Screening
times and ticket info below:

http://filmguide.lafilmfest.com/tixSYS/2007/filmguide/title-detail.php?AlphaRange=NN&ShowShorts=Y&ShowPast=N

1ST SCREENING: Wednesday night, June 27th at 7:30pm at the Bill Wilder
Theatre in
the Armand Hammer Museum on the corner of Westwood Blvd and Lindbrook
in
Westwood.

2ND SCREENING: Friday afternoon, June 29th at 3pm at Majestic Crest
Theatre at
1262 Westwood Blvd, LA 90024, just south of Wilshire

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&addtohistory=&address=1262%2
0Westwood%20Blvd&city=Los%20Angeles&state=CA&zipcode=90024%2d4801&country=US&g
eodiff=1

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--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "John H. Chalmers" <JHCHALMERS@...> wrote:
>
> I got this message from SJT and thought it would interest other
> microtonalists in the LA area. Taylor also wrote the music to
> The Giving, using a number of Erv Wilson's scales and
> pitch structures including an hebdomekontany.
>
> --John
>
> SJT wrote:
>
> > Just wanted to let everyone know the project written and
> > directed by Charles Burnett that sent me to Africa last year
//
> Thanks Much,
> Stephen James Taylor

Wow!!

I hope it gets a wider screening.

-Carl