"The GRAMMY Museum hosted a special screening of HBO’s documentary Jason Isbell: Running With Our Eyes Closed. The film is an installment of Music Box on HBO, which explores essential moments in music. After the screening, there was a conversation with Jason Isbell and Director Sam Jones as they discussed the making of the film, their creative process, and more.

ABOUT JASON ISBELL

Jason Isbell has established himself as one of the most respected and celebrated songwriters of his generation. The North Alabama native possesses an incredible penchant for identifying and articulating some of the deepest, yet simplest, human emotions, and turning them into beautiful poetry through song. Isbell sings of the everyday human condition with thoughtful, heartfelt, and sometimes brutal honesty.

ABOUT SAM JONES
Sam Jones is a director of documentary films and narrative television. He directed an episode of Ted Lasso, for Apple TV, and an episode of Bad Monkey, also for Apple TV. He directed the documentary, Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off for HBO. He also directed the documentary series, Smartless: On The Road for Discovery+ which premiered in 2023, and directed a documentary about motorcycle racer Ricky Carmichael. Jones is the creator of series Off Camera with Sam Jones, and he directed the Wilco documentary, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart. "