Jazz Movies

Renowned journalist and jazz critic Nat Hentoff tells the story of his longtime colleague, pioneering TV writer/director/producer, Robert Herridge....

In May 2022, Henry Threadgill presented an acclaimed concert at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, New York, that combined a vibrant new composition...

A monumental homage to Glenn Miller, a one shot film - Glenn Miller 2000. This 26- minute long piece, shot on a circular road in Novi Zagreb in many...

The Frisbee is an animated short featuring a dog and a frisbee which may or may not belong to the dog. The director was contacted for a comment, and...

CMC’s visionary leaders and artists to celebrate one of San Francisco’s most-revered and longest-running community arts programs.

The young American Pablo Menéndez came to Cuba to study Music at the National School of Art. Here he formed a family and became one more...

On stage before a show, a trumpet player dives back into his memories of a sinking during which he was saved by Jazz.

A disheartened young pianist retreats into the woods, only to discover a strange patch of land that seemingly disappears objects into a mysterious...

In this short film from 1967, filmmaker Henry English attempts to place a context around saxophonist and composer Marion Brown’s flurries of...

During the summer of 1980, the American jazz concert pianist Kazzrie Jaxen writes a 16 pages long letter to director Ingmar Bergman. His film 'From...

Be it the musical expression of Dave Holland, the melodic phrasing of Scott LaFaro, the inventiveness of Charles Mingus or the flawless technique and...

Spark of Being, a close adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein, explores the thematic interchangeability of three of the...

A documentary about Cairo Jazz Festival's Amr Salah and his struggle every year to bring people and arts together in a country where 70% of people...

On the eve of graduation, a high school student finds herself dealing with both college applications and an unfaithful boyfriend.

Joe Zawinul & Trilok Gurtu duo amazes everyone! The 25th Frankfurt Jazz Festival in 1994 hosted this superhero duo.

A scarce and seldom seen cartoon from 1937 with excellent hot jazz and containing caricatures of Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis and Bessie Smith.

The film follows the quartet from collaborative development of new music to a live performance at New York’s 55 Bar.

A woman suffering from dementia relives her traumatic past

Anika Nilles – Live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2023 showcases a drummer of remarkable precision, power and imagination. Leading a highly...