Rachel Patrice on And the Beat Goes On | Award-Winning Score, Story & Creative Process

In this full interview, Rachel Patrice discusses her short film And the Beat Goes On, winner of Best Original Score at the 2025 iDEAL Film Festival. Written and directed by Rachel Patrice Perkins, And the Beat Goes On follows a young man through an off-beat day in New York City — exploring rhythm, feeling, movement, […]
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For travelers to and fro… Do not be afraid of what you return to, for you have changed in those moments, and nights away. When I first met Dru Blumensheid, I had no idea we would one day create together. Some encounters arrive quietly, almost incidentally, before revealing themselves later as the beginning of something […]