Rewind & Play

Rewind & Play

“it’s not nice?”

Sinopse

The lack of respect with which the Black musician Thelonious Monk was treated in Autumn, 1969. At the end of his European tour, legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk appears on an interview show in Paris for French state television.

  • 7.3
  • 2023
  • Released
  • 1h 5m
Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Keywords
  • #composer
  • #archive footage
  • #found footage
  • #old footage
  • #portrait of an artist
  • #music documentary
  • #male pianist
  • #maestro
  • #biographical documentary

Reviews

Geronimo1967
@Geronimo1967about 2 months ago

Using the rushes from an edition of a French television programme, this rather uncomfortably follows the appearance of acclaimed jazz musician Thelonious Monk on “Profiles of Jazz”. It’s hosted by Henri Renaud, himself a pianist, and what now ensues isn’t the easiest watch. I suppose the elephant in the room is whether or not the interviewer is actually treating Monk in a racist fashion, or whethe

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