Dec 17, 2008
"Jonathan Jackson" by Chris Iijima, Nobuko Miyamoto & Charlie Chin
growing up listening to my mom's "a grain of sand" LP i always played the same 3 songs and "jonathan jackson" was not one of them. it wasn't until i got schooled on the black panther party, george jackson and his brother jonathan that i realized the meaning behind the song.
during her interview for the film, nobuko explained how "jonathan jackson" was created:
Listen to the entire song here: