Award winning recording artist, Common joined director/screenwriter Nelson George on stage Sunday night, for a Tribeca Talk: Storytellers conversation, in partnership with Citi, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T. Attendees got a first look at a never-before-seen extended version of Letter to the Free from director Bradford Young debuted prior to the conversation. The conversation spanned musical influences of the 80s and 90s, social justice flashpoints, Common’s first acting gig on Tracee Ellis Ross & Mara Brock Akil’s Girlfriends, his respect for director Ava DuVernay, and activism in hip-hop today, name-dropping Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar.
