In his latest documentary, “American Symphony,” Oscar-nominated director Matthew Heineman delivers a portrait of two artists — Grammy winner and former “Late Show With Stephen Colbert&#…
delivers a portrait of two artists — Grammy winner and former “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” bandleader Jon Batiste and his wife, author Suleika Jaouad.
The doc began as a film about the creation of your symphony but shifted when Suleika’s cancer returned. When did that shift occur?Maybe a week or two after Jon started filming for the initial idea for the documentary, I learned that my leukemia had returned.
Certainly, it wasn’t as dangerous as other things I’ve done, but whether it’s this or “Retrograde,” “Cartel Land” or anything I’ve made, the goal for me is both a literal and an emotional intimacy that feels different than you are normally getting in these circumstances. The access that Jon and Suleika gave me, both emotionally and literally was incredible. So that felt both different and familiar.
Ultimately, there are ways of completely marginalizing people like me who don’t stick within the lines that are drawn for us. And I defied that purposefully and gleefully. So, I’m glad it’s depicted in the film because I think it’s just the reality.
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