Filmmaker Scheduled to Appear, Producer Scheduled to Appear
New Americas Cinema, Screen Share
A landmark double portrait of Detroit’s extraordinary jazz legacy and the dynamic city that produced it. Q&A with the filmmakers to follow.
Weaving a compelling historical and cultural tapestry, The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit chronicles the defining influence of Detroit’s innovative jazz musicians while tracing the city’s dramatic rise and fall as an industrial power, the struggles and triumphs of its creative and resilient African American community, and the profound tradition of mentorship nurturing Detroit jazz since the 1950s. [90 min; documentary; English]
A Q&A with director/producer Daniel Loewenthal, producer/writer Mark Stryker, and producer Roberta Friedman, moderated by Natalie Boeyink from the Jacobs School of Music, will follow the screening.
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