The documentary debuted this week on Netflix.
Kamasi Washington has scored a new Netflix documentary, Becoming. The film premiered yesterday (6 May) on Netflix and follows former First Lady Michelle Obama on her book tour for her best-selling memoir Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice. Washington’s score will be released via Young Turks next Friday (15 May).
“It was such a pleasure and honour to work on Becoming,” Washington said in a statement. “Michelle Obama is such an amazing person and this film gives a very unique insight to who she is, how she thinks, and the way she navigates the world. It’s truly inspiring to see! Working with the film’s incredible director Nadia Hallgren to create a musical palette to support this amazing piece was truly a blessing. I’m so thankful to her for the opportunity to be a part of this. Barack and Michelle Obama’s time as President and First Lady had an impact on the history of this country and the world that is hard to put into words, but both Michelle Obama’s book and Nadia Hallgren’s film do an amazing job of it!”
Watch a trailer for the documentary in the player above.
