The Underground Railroad

Onstage at San Francisco Symphony’s SoundBox, Jenkins was joined by his longtime friend and collaborator Nicholas Britell who, backed by the SF Symphony, made a live case for the vitality of film scores interested in “amplifying characters’ emotions, not imposing.” 

These emotional states evoked by Chastain are as potent an actor could desire from their observers, signaling possibly the most prominent talent in the industry today.

Though difficult to read at times, the physical brutality of Elwood’s beating underscore Whitehead’s task of complete disclosure.