IN CINEMA
Thursday, June 12th at 7PM
Made In Harlem: Cinema Blues
JAZZ IS ALIVE, JAZZ IS WELL, JAZZ IS IN NEW YORK
Daniel Berger, 1973, 90 min.
Oft-excerpted but rarely screened, this man-on-the-ground reportage made for French TV presents 1973 New York City as a hotbed of jazz, and divergent scenes. Duke Ellington is toasted with champagne and Charles Mingus feasts on Chinese food while Noah Howard rides the 1 train with his horn. Across town, Sun Ra and Sam Rivers burn in outdoor performances.
Presented with the permission of INA.
About Made In Harlem: Cinema Blues:
Cinema Blues is a monthly series at the Maysles Documentary Center dedicated to the convergence of jazz and film. Rather than focus on movies soundtracked by jazz, it foregrounds documentaries that capture the many facets of the music and culture: the living history of jazz, its performance, the spiritual & political philosophies of its creators, and the racism & economic struggles they have consistently faced. In this sense, Cinema Blues = a blues cinema, a filmic accounting (in the tradition of writers like Amiri Baraka, A. B. Spellman, Val Wilmer) of the real-life stakes (and breaks) that inform the great Black American classical music. The series also features poetic and experimental films that evoke the spontaneous creativity of the music (cinema as jazz), lectures, panel discussions & musical performances.
Cinema Blues takes its title from a tune by Ahmed Abdul-Malik, and is curated by Andrew Castillo. The series is made possible by the generous support of the West Harlem Development Corporation (WHDC).
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price
