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Pittsburgh Artist Jasiri X Performs Live Score To 1925 Film 'Body And Soul'

"Body and Soul," the seminal work of the first major African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheauxis 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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