Film Forum

(1968) Bassist Charles Mingus sings, composes, conducts, recites his own poetry, and gets evicted from his Lower East Side apartment – a painful portrait of the great jazz artist. 16mm print courtesy New York Public Library. Approx. 58 min.

Plus Daybreak Express (1953, D.A. Pennebaker): a ride on the Third Ave. El, to the sounds of Duke Ellington. Digital. Approx. 5 min.; and Bridges Go Round (1968, Shirley Clarke): NYC bridges dance to Teo Macero. DCP. Approx. 8 min.

Reviews

“A very personal, very moving portrait of a man dispossessed.”
– Vincent Canby, The New York Times

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