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	Podcast:		Essential Pittsburgh Archives
	Episode:		Pittsburgh Artist Jasiri X Performs Live Score To 1925 Film 'Body And Soul'
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:25:48
	Publish Date:		2016-06-17 01:00:00
	Description:		"Body and Soul," the seminal work of the first major African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux is being given new life in a showcase tonight at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont . The screening of this feature length melodrama starring Paul Robeson comes with an original hip-hop score performed live by Pittsburgh artist Jasiri X. We'll talk with Jasiri X about how this project came together. Joining the conversation is black film scholar Joseph Kennedy.
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