FREQUENCY OF SOUL
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John carter cash / jelly roll / MATT REDMAN / EMJAE ROSS / Leonard ray jarmin / Jesse reeves / Benji Cowart
JOSH FRANER
SYNOPSIS / A FORMER INMATE AND A GROUP OF MUSICIANS JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM, TURNING STORIES OF PAIN INTO POWERFUL SONGS OF HEALING AND REDEMPTION. THE EFFORTS CULMINATE AT A FOLSOM PRISON CONCERT, 60 YEARS AFTER JONNY CASH’S HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE “LIVE AT FOLSOM PRISON”.
AUDIENCE / FAITH-BASED, CROSSOVER
Soul Stories: Incarceration Around The Globe
CRIMINAL MINDS How did inmates get to where they are? Their raw, gritty, honest stories paint a picture of the human condition encompassing abandonment, shame, anger, addiction, loss, regret, and numbness. Where did unaddressed trauma and pain lead? What have they’ve walked through? Where were they wounded? Where are they stuck?
When we ‘Walk The Line’ and walk a mile in someone’s shoes, we realize their story is our story. Pain is engrained in our collective human nature and experience.
Our series begins in the American penal system and in sub-sequential seasons broadens out to Japan, Bali, England, South Africa, Uganda, Argentina, and Mexico. In each country specific deeper cultural issues are unearthed and explored.
EXAMPLE: SOFT WHITE UNDERBELLY PODCAST : STORIES OF REAL PEOPLE EXPLORING THE HUMAN CONDITION
FOLSOM ROOTS
Although Johnny Cash was never an inmate himself, he had empathy for prisoners. Maybe his own personal demons with addiction, drug abuse, erratic behavior, law enforcement run-ins would have eventually led him there.
Cash performed at Folsom Prison with a raw, gritty energy, that was well-received and became legendary.
He established how artists could connect with the socially excluded. It reflected the voice of the downtrodden. A voice for the voiceless.
what if there was a modern version of a live folsom prison performance?
additional topics: cornerstone of soul
Soul music has always had African-American gospel traditions which powerfully preserved elements of cultural identity, survival, creativity, and resistance. Iconic soul music delightfully mixes call-and-response vocals with emotional delivery, rhythm & blues. Soul is a natural cornerstone of modern music.
Why does music unite us? Why do we resonate and feel it in our bones? Music throughout the ages has been a form of therapy, identity, and recovery.
Additional topics: THE SCIENCE of soul
What are universal patterns inhabited or ingrained with frequencies of sound (scale, intonations)?
What is the neuroscience of sound? What happens physically in our bodies when we play and interact with to music? How does the play into the process of healing and redemption?
What are parallel patterns in ancient history and historical spiritual practices?
Does music actually shift and influence our reality?
additional topics : redemption of soul
Emjae Ross lived it himself- in and out of prison and rehab, selling drugs. One day after a cocaine binge, he suffered a massive stroke. He lost the ability to speak, walk, use his hands.
But in that brokenness, something unexpected happened- music became his therapy. He started writing songs, forcing his fingers around a guitar and something rewired.
Within ten months, he had fully recovered when the doctors said it would take years.
Ross now works with inmates to find their voice through songwriting. He’s experienced healing for himself in helping others find their own freedom through the power of music.
REFERENCE MEDIA
Babel interweaves four different connecting stories exploring themes of miscommunication, cultural barriers, and the ripple effect of a single event. It ultimately shows our human connectedness and taps into our deeper human condition.
Rock icons Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White from three different generations come together to discuss the electric guitar and their musical influences. The men swap stories and crank up their instruments. Along the way, they visit the majestic hall where "Stairway to Heaven" was composed, Jack White composes a song on-camera at a Tennessee farmhouse, and the Edge lays down tracks for a U2 single.
BONO & EUGENE PETERSON: THE PSALMS
This short film documents the friendship between Bono (U2) and Eugene Peterson (The Message) revolving around their common interest in the Psalms.
