In 2018 Jim James, lead singer and songwriter of My Morning Jacket, and Teddy Abrams, Music Director of the Louisville Orchestra, worked together to create a symphonic song cycle inspired by the natural world with a message of peace, love and equality called The Order of Nature.

This three part short form documentary series provides insight into key elements of their working relationship. In Chapter One we learn about Jim and Teddy's individual approach to creative collaboration and how two seemingly disparate artists and styles of music came together to form The Order of Nature.

Film by Liz Hart
Director of Photography Shane McCauley
Editor Brandon Mikolaski
Interview by Jeffrey Lee Puckett
Special thanks to the members of the Louisville Orchestra, Lala Land Studios and the Marcus Lindsey Church.