#227: Andrew Fried // Director of "We Are Freestyle Love Supreme"

The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

Gillian Pensavalle

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4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Director of We Are Freestyle Love Supreme Andrew Fried takes us inside the 15 year journey that led to the film we see on Hulu today. Andrew tells how passion, friendship, persistence, and collaboration helped capture the essence of what this group has been putting on stages before and after Hamilton, and how they've stayed true throughout.

We Are Freestyle Love Supreme on Hulu

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In The Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams on PBS

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Jillian. Before I get to my episode with Andrew Freed, I wanted to bring you up to speed a little bit first.
0:13.8	Andrew directed the documentary We Are Freestyle of Supreme, which premiered on Hulu July 17th, just a few days ago.
0:19.1	The documentary was originally supposed to be released on June 5th.
0:22.1	Andrew and I spoke back in May,
0:23.5	and the whole plan was to release his episode
0:25.2	in conjunction with the dock.
0:26.9	But then, everything changed.
0:28.9	And in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement,
0:31.1	Team FLS postponed the release of the film to July 17th.
0:34.9	So here we are.
0:35.9	Andrew and I mentioned June 5th in the episode and that's why I wanted to clear up any potential
0:39.2	confusion.
0:40.2	And lastly, there are resources and places to donate in the show notes,
0:42.7	because even when the hashtag isn't trending,
0:44.8	Black Lives Matter.
0:46.2	Okay, on to the episode.
0:48.6	So I'll gulp I'll gulp away.
0:53.6	Gulp away please gulp be as comfortable if you were over here and I was hosting you there
0:57.5	be like apps and like your favorite cocktail and I'd be telling you to get more comfortable
1:00.9	and like take all the slack you need I know I know I will hold you
1:04.4	to that Jillian we will we will do this again for some other reason at some point and
1:09.6	you owe me apps look I will give you all the apps you want and we have a limited time here and we have we're
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