Video: A Conversation with the Crafts Team Behind ‘Swan Song’

Production Designer Annie Beauchamp, Composer Jay Wadley, Editor Nathan Nugent, and Supervising Sound Editors Steve Fanagan and David McCallum join Awards Daily‘s Shadan Larki to discuss the making of the new Mahershala Ali-starring drama Swan Song.

Faced with a terminal diagnosis, Mahershala Ali’s Cameron Turner is given an intriguing offer—allow a clone to step in and take over his life, hiding his diagnosis from his family, and ultimately sparing them from the grief of losing him.

Ali, an actor who seems incapable of giving a bad performance, is exceptionally good in Swan Song exuding empathy in a beautifully calibrated dual role (earning a much deserved Golden Globe nomination). Writer/Director Benjamin Cleary makes his feature-length debut with a thought-provoking, deeply emotional film— one that uses science fiction to weave a love letter to family, memory, and what it means to lead a life well-lived. 

Here the craftspeople behind Swan Song explain how they created the futuristic, character-driven, and utterly haunting world of the film.