For the eight young men in the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, “brotherhood” is literal: they’re all sons of anti-establishment jazz legend, Phil Cohran. Cohran and their mothers raised them together on Chicago’s South side on a strict diet of jazz, funk and Black Consciousness. Family band practice began at 6 AM. Now grown, as they raise eight brass horns to the sky— while playing in the streets of New York City, collaborating with Mos Def, or wowing a jazz festival— they find the values their father bred into them constantly tested. They must decide whether his principles really are their own. "Brothers Hypnotic" is a coming of age story, for eight brothers, and for an ideal.
Brothers Hypnotic
Synopsis
Credits
Director: Reuben Atlas
Producer: Sam Pollard, Reuben Atlas
Cinematographer: Dan Fridman, Sean Porter, Ari Issler, Igor Martinovich, Reuben Atlas
Editor: Keiko Deguchi
Music: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Phil Cohran, Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Aquilla Sadalla, MAIA
Additional Credits: Consulting Producers: Jamin Mendelsohn, David Van Taylor, Additional Editor: Paul Greenhouse, Additional Cinematographers: Ryan Garrett, Brian Moore, Paul Greenhouse, Rachel Morrison, Sound Recordists: Daniel Brooks, John Mathie, Daniel Gaughran, Shaka King, co-production partners: ITVS, NBPC, NTR:NPS
Director Bio
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Reuben Atlas is an NYC based producer, director, and lawyer. "Brothers Hypnotic" is his first documentary and has received support from ITVS, the Jerome Foundation, the NBPC, NYSCA, and NTR: NPS Dutch TV. He has also worked in Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, taught English in Costa Rica, and worked at a maximum-security prison and at Legal Aid.
Contact
Distributor: US Public Television - ITVS, NBPC; Dutch Public Television- NTR:NPS
Public Film Contact
Reuben Atlas
Pandora Film Center
ReAtlas@yahoo.com, Pandfilms@aol.com
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