440Hz has released a soundtrack album for the documentary Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story. The album features the film’s original music composed by Kwes. (Rye Lane) & Marli Wren (The Curse). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon and most other major digital music services. Also listen to the composers’ first track after the jump. Black Is Beautiful is directed by Yemi Bamiro and centers on the Harlem photographer, activist and cultural pioneer Kwame Brathwaite who captured over 500,000 images documenting African American life, creativity and identity and whose work helped define the Black Is Beautiful movement. The movie features exclusive archive material and contributions from family members, cultural figures and artists, including Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Gabrielle Union & Jesse Williams to Brathwaite’s pivotal role in reshaping perceptions of black beauty and culture around the world. The documentary, which premiered at last year’s BFI London Film Festival, is premiering in the UK today on BBC Four and will also be available to stream on the BBCiPlayer.
Here’s the track list of the album:
1. Kwame the Eccentric (1:27)
2. Storage (1:53)
3. Searching (1:13)
4. Emmett (2:12)
5. His Reason (2:39)
6. Choosing Beauty (1:56)
7. Garvey (1:20)
8. AJASS (2:01)
9. The Archive (1:27)
10. Hard to Be Black (1:30)
11. The Fire (1:11)
12. Work to Do (1:03)
13. Release It (0:55)
14. Burnt Orange (2:01)
15. Museum of Nothing (4:50)
16. Tanisha (2:39)
17. 10,000 Pictures (3:02)
18. Ali (1:09)
19. Rumble in the Jungle (1:15)
20. Sikolo (2:34)
21. South Africa 1976 (1:51)
22. The Race Is First (4:40)
23. Elombe (2:03)
24. Step Up (5:40)
25. The Passing of Kwame (2:32)
26. Changed the Way People See (2:51)