Learn the History of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Improv Hip-Hop Group in Trailer for WE ARE FREESTYLE LOVE SUPREME
Back before he was writing music for and starring in every other musical movie, heck even before creating Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda was a member of improvisational hip-hop group Freestyle Love Supreme.
The other founders included Thomas Kail, Christopher Jackson, and Anthony Veneziale, and soon the world will be able to watch their story. The documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme is directed by Andrew Fried, who began chronicling the group back in 2005, and fans can watch it on Hulu next week.
Well before the world knew of the Tony award-winning Broadway musicals Hamilton and In The Heights, Lin-Manuel Miranda was in an improvisational hip-hop group called Freestyle Love Supreme along with director Thomas Kail and performers Christopher Jackson and Anthony Veneziale. Filmmaker Andrew Fried began chronicling the group in the summer of 2005, documenting the early days of Freestyle Love Supreme beatboxing and rapping on the sidewalks—unaware of how their story would unfold. Fourteen years later, Fried captures them reuniting for a series of shows in New York City that led to a triumphant run on Broadway. Both poignant and inspired, We Are Freestyle Love Supreme recalls the creative dreams of youth and why this show still means so much to these accomplished performers.
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme will be available on Hulu starting June 5.