Work
Selected work from Reality Club and its founder: Museum exhibitions, feature films, documentaries and brand campaigns. Start with the full stories, then the rest of the work.
The full stories
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Synthesizers, modular gear and a mixer: The kind of production tools at the heart of the exhibition. Tangible: Blacktronika Artifacts and Archives
The exhibition’s objective is to show and tell the history of Black electronic music through a lineage of the artifacts and archives that birthed it into being.
Tangible: Blacktronika Artifacts and Archives is a multi-sensory exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia that celebrates Black innovators in electronic music, supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Its artifacts and archives carry the record of who built this music, even as some would prefer to rewrite that history. It opens in November 2027, and Reality Club is the project manager for exhibit production.
- Exhibition
- Tangible: Blacktronika Artifacts and Archives
- Museum
- African American Museum in Philadelphia
- Opening
- November 2027
- Project management for exhibit production
- Reality Club
Read the Tangible: Blacktronika story: Tangible: Blacktronika Artifacts and Archives The exhibition at blacktronika.com: Tangible: Blacktronika Artifacts and Archives
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Pynk Beard. Photo: John Joseph. Pynk Beard
Positioning a Grammy-nominated songwriter for his own moment as an artist.
For Anzie Blue Records, Reality Club shaped the marketing for Pynk Beard as he stepped out front as a country artist, for By Any Means: The Album, musically directed by Pynk Beard, and for its November tour.
- Artist
- Pynk Beard
- Label
- Anzie Blue Records
- Album
- By Any Means: The Album, curated and musically directed by Pynk Beard
- Marketing
- Reality Club
Read the Pynk Beard story: Pynk Beard Pynk Beard at pynkbeard.com: Pynk Beard
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Follow the Light, cover art. Jagjaguwar. June McDoom: Follow the Light
Liner notes written for folk harmonies over dub, and a world full of sound.
Follow the Light is June McDoom’s debut album, out on Jagjaguwar. The label asked Reality Club to write the liner notes. The notes listen for where her music comes from and move toward the liminal, heartfelt feeling at its center.
- Artist
- June McDoom
- Album
- Follow the Light
- Label
- Jagjaguwar
- Liner notes
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown for Reality Club
Read the June McDoom story: June McDoom: Follow the Light The album at Jagjaguwar: June McDoom: Follow the Light
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Edges of Ailey, Whitney Museum of American Art, 2024. Installation view with the video surround above the galleries. Edges of Ailey
Alvin Ailey’s life story, told in music on the Whitney’s walls.
Edges of Ailey was the largest exhibition the Whitney has staged to date, and the first large-scale museum exhibition devoted to Alvin Ailey, with an 18-channel video installation of his life and dances running above the galleries. Reality Club licensed, cleared and researched its music, so his story played the way the curatorial team and filmmakers intended, from opening day. Twenty-one pieces of music, from spirituals to house, carried his life across the walls.
- Exhibition
- Edges of Ailey
- Museum
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Dates
- September 25, 2024 to February 9, 2025
- Music licensing, clearance and research
- Reality Club
Read the Edges of Ailey story: Edges of Ailey The exhibition at whitney.org: Edges of Ailey
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Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game. Roger, right, at a row of pinball machines. Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
A new job, a missing phone number and the songs that hold both.
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game is a warm, funny true story about the writer who helped make pinball legal again in New York City. Reality Club’s founder was the film’s music supervisor. The 1970s had many soundtracks, and directors Austin and Meredith Bragg wanted the one Roger lived in, with every song in service of his story.
- Film
- Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game (2023)
- Directors
- Austin and Meredith Bragg
- Music Supervisor
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown
Read the Pinball story: Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game Watch the trailer: Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
Brands
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Ally, Life Today, 2026. Ally: Life Today
Exploratory music searches for Ally’s everyday balancing act.
Life Today is Ally’s 2026 campaign from Anomaly Los Angeles. Reality Club’s founder is credited for music supervision.
- Brand
- Ally
- Agency
- Anomaly Los Angeles
- Music company
- Consortium Music
- Music supervision
- Reality Club
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Old Navy, Spring 2024. Old Navy: Spring 2024
Music searches, then the clearances to put a spring campaign on air.
Old Navy’s Spring 2024 campaign came from The Martin Agency. Reality Club worked on it with Consortium on music searches and clearance, including the Boney M. recording of “Sunny” that the campaign aired with.
- Brand
- Old Navy
- Agency
- The Martin Agency
- Music company
- Consortium Music
- Music searches and clearance
- Reality Club
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Volkswagen x USWNT, The Juggle, 2023. Volkswagen x USWNT: The Juggle
Finding the song for Volkswagen’s World Cup spot with the US Women’s National Team.
The Juggle was part of Volkswagen of America’s 2023 World Cup campaign with the US Women’s National Team, from the agency Johannes Leonardo. Reality Club worked on it with Consortium, running music searches for the campaign. Reality Club found and cleared the song “Little Bitty Pretty One,” which the spot used in a cover version. Finding the right song is half the job. The other half is making sure it can air.
- Brand
- Volkswagen of America
- Agency
- Johannes Leonardo
- Music company
- Consortium Music
- Music searches and clearance
- Reality Club
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Telfar, The Price Is Live, 2023. Telfar: The Price Is Live
Telfar went live. The music still had to be quoted and cleared.
The Price Is Live was a 2023 project for Telfar. Reality Club’s founder was the music supervisor, handling quoting and clearance.
- Brand
- Telfar
- Music supervision, The Price Is Live
- Reality Club
- Music supervision, Telfar x Melissa
- Reality Club
Film and TV
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Bruno. Malik and Lila in the flower shop. Bruno
A short film about former lovers, and the dream man who comes between them.
Bruno is a 15-minute short film written and produced by Lilia Karst, who also stars as Lila. It follows former lovers who haven’t quite let each other go: When Lila starts seeing her dream man, Bruno, her ex, Malik, starts to miss what he had, until he meets Bruno himself. Reality Club worked directly with Karst on the film’s music supervision and clearances, with its founder as music supervisor.
- Film
- Bruno (2026)
- Director
- Nicol Dondio
- Writer and Producer
- Lilia Karst
- Music Supervisor
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown
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Freedom Hair. A young woman works on a mannequin head in a braiding classroom. Freedom Hair
A feature based on the story of Melony Armstrong.
Freedom Hair is a feature film based on the story of Melony Armstrong. Reality Club’s founder was the film’s music supervisor. It was released in August 2024. Its soundtrack carries seven licensed songs.
- Film
- Freedom Hair (2024)
- Director
- Dianne Houston
- Music Supervisor
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown
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Kemba. The film’s lead, in a tan prison uniform, joins hands with visitors around a table. Kemba
A feature inspired by the true story of Kemba Smith.
Kemba is a feature film inspired by the story of criminal-justice reform advocate Kemba Smith. Reality Club’s founder was the film’s music supervisor. It was released in February 2024. The film carries six licensed songs alongside its original score.
- Film
- Kemba (2024)
- Director
- Kelley Kali
- Music Supervisor
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown
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Undivide US. Two men talk as they walk down a residential street. Undivide US
A documentary feature about political polarization.
Undivide US is a documentary feature that follows focus groups exploring political polarization. Reality Club handled the film’s music supervision, with its founder as music supervisor. The film uses one licensed song.
- Film
- Undivide US (2023)
- Director
- Kristi Kendall
- Music Supervisor
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown
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Please Ask For It. Please Ask For It
A record shop in Holly Springs, Mississippi, its owner and the blues that carry his story.
Please Ask For It is a 20-minute documentary about Aikei Pro’s Record Shop in Holly Springs, Mississippi, and its owner, David “Fox” Caldwell. Reality Club handled the film’s music supervision in tandem with the film’s director, Allison Waid. Personal stories are how history is kept, and music is what helps them reach people. In this film, that music is the blues, from studio recordings to archival performance footage, set alongside an original score by the legendary guitarist William Tyler. Together they carry Fox Caldwell’s story, so that his experience, and the history it holds, is shared and not forgotten. The film went on to screen widely at festivals.
- Film
- Please Ask For It (2023)
- Directors
- Allison Waid and Stephen Sutton
- Music Supervisor
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown
Reality Club thanks David “Fox” Caldwell for his contributions to society, and the Caldwell family for working to uphold his life’s work and memory.
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Ferguson Rises. Michael Brown Sr. with a painted portrait of his son. Ferguson Rises
A father, a community and music that amplifies their story so it is not forgotten.
Ferguson Rises follows Michael Brown Sr. and the Ferguson community after his son was killed in 2014. Reality Club’s founder was the film’s music supervisor. Its broadcast premiere was on Independent Lens on PBS on November 8, 2021. Personal stories are how history is remembered. In Ferguson Rises, music amplifies what a father and his community lived through, so their story reaches people and stays with them. The film’s licensed music included Aloe Blacc’s “Other Side” and a recording featuring the Resistance Revival Choir.
- Film
- Ferguson Rises (2021)
- Director
- Mobolaji Olambiwonnu
- Music Supervisor
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown
More credits
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Netflix Marketing Music
Reality Club’s founder was music supervisor, music producer and music clearance on Netflix’s Marketing Music team, 2021 to 2022, on work including trailers for The Midnight Club and Cobra Kai, the launch of the Golden channel with Yaeji, Jazmine Sullivan’s Okay Now Listen session, and Sarah La Morena’s “Tuyo.”
- Team
- Netflix Marketing Music
- Music Supervisor, Music Producer and Music Clearance
- Jocelyn Michelle Brown
Selected credits on About Our Founder: Netflix Marketing Music
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America To Me
Before Reality Club: Co-music supervisor, shared with Dawn Sutter Madell. Documentary series, Starz, 2018. A ten-part documentary series that follows students through a full school year.
- Series
- America To Me (2018)
- Director
- Steve James
- Music Supervisors
- Dawn Sutter Madell and Jocelyn Michelle Brown
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