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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y I S U M M E R 2 0 2 2 33 someone mixed this thing live. Not the way we do it [where you] go back and fix this thing, and the second bar, no, no, no. This is done one time, and the brilliance of that, it's amazing." When Searchlight bought the movie, they went to Fox, and Paul Massey CAS came along to do the Atmos mix. Paul was up to his ears in faders when I reached out, but did tell me that the Atmos mix was done at the John Ford Theatre at the Fox Studio Lot and "was challenging with the limited amount of tracks available." Having built an Atmos studio, I can certainly understand that! Emily Strong, a relatively new mixer originally from Chicago, was the main production sound mixer and shared her perspective. "I wasn't sure how they were going to contextualize some of the interviews, [but] they did a great job! Musa Jackson, the guy who started the film, was an attendee, and it was great hearing about his experience. I was interested in knowing how they were going to, poetically, cut it in, and they did! That was cool." I asked Emily about her gear choices. "My kit was a Sennheiser 416 shotgun, Lectro wireless, and a Zoom F8n. That was about it; one boom and one wire. I worked with Ahmir and [producer] Joseph Patel, who tag-teamed a bit, which I really enjoyed watching. It was Ahmir's first film and it was so cool watching someone who is so notable in their field transition into another field and stay open. Joseph L-R: Jimmy Douglass, Emily Strong, and Sean Massey for Paul Massey CAS. Photo: Alex J. Berliner Re-recording mixer Paul Massey CAS Re-recording mixer Rob Fernandez CAS has experience in the film world, so I feel like they made a good team, and Ahmir stayed open to learning from Joseph, and that was really cool to see." Emily attended the CAS Awards and shared this. "[I've never] been to an awards ceremony before, and it was a really cool group of people. I got to meet Jimmy (Douglass). It was cool to hear all these stories firsthand; the history, the culture of 1960s Harlem in general. To be part of the preservation process is the thing that I love most about documentaries." If you haven't seen this film, you're missing out on some great music—and American history!