SCREENING: Rewind & Play (Dir. Alain Gomis, 2022)

SCREENING: Rewind & Play (Dir. Alain Gomis, 2022)

⌚️2023-04-07 06:00:00 – 2023-04-07 08:00:00
🏢2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA

Acropolis Cinema presents *Rewind & Play* (Dir. Alain Gomis, 2022). Los Angeles premiere!

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In December 1969, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European concert tour with a performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Before the show, he was invited to appear on a French television program to perform and answer questions in an intimate setting. Using newly discovered footage from this recording, director Alain Gomis (*Félicité*) reveals the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer, Henri Renaud, whose unwittingly trivializing approach conveys the casual racism and exploitation prevalent in the music industry at large. A fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary with extraordinary rarely-seen performances, *Rewind & Play* offers a unique opportunity to see Monk in a way that very few people did.

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