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Rewind and Play

Alain Gomis
2022 France, Germany 65 min
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In 1969, Thelonious Monk recorded a programme for French television, “Jazz Portrait”. The rushes show us the unused shots and what happened before the call for “action” and after the “cut”… what emerges is a Thelonious Monk up close, grappling with the stereotypes he is trying to escape.

Production :
Sphere Films, Andolfi , INA
Sound :
Matthieu Deniau
Editing :
Alain Gomis
Print source :
arnaud@andolfi.fr