Sound + Vision is an homage to the people who create our music, who struggle and work to have it heard and, when they succeed, help us connect with one another. From journeys of personal discovery and pure celebrations of sound to music as a form of social and political rebellion, these documentaries reveal the tenacity and dedication of the people who devote their life to song.
DooBeeDoo picks……………………………
BORN IN CHICAGO
JOHN ANDERSON, 2013
USA | FORMAT: HDCAM | 86 MINUTES
New York Premiere! Director John Anderson and blues musicians Marshall Chess, Barry Goldberg and Corky Siegel in person for Q&A!
Venue: ELINOR BUNIN MUNROE FILM CENTER (NY)/Francesca Beale Theater (144 West 65th Street, New York, NY – (212) 875-5600)
Date: Friday, July 26, 2013
Time: 9pm
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In 1960s Chicago, a group of middle class white boys fell in love with the blues being performed in the crowded nightclubs by black musicians from the Mississippi Delta. Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, and Hubert Sumlin taught the next generation: Barry Goldberg, Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Nick Gravenites, Charlie Musselwhite, and others, who went on to make the music their own. Interviews and performance footage of these “kids,” now in their 70s, trace the lineage and scope of this inspired music.
WOODSTOCK IN TIMBUKTU: THE ART OF RESISTANCE
DÉSIRÉE VON TROTHA, 2013
GERMANY | 86 MINUTES
U.S. Premiere!
Venue: ELINOR BUNIN MUNROE FILM CENTER (NY)/Francesca Beale Theater (144 West 65th Street, New York, NY – (212) 875-5600)
Date: Sunday, July 28, 2013
Time: 1:30pm
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Filmed at the three-day Festival au Desert held near Timbuktu, Mali, Woodstock in Timbuktu comments on the power of music to unify and resist. The nomadic Kel Tamasheq (Touareg) people come together to preserve their culture, protest inequalities, and stand up to the militant groups and corporations encroaching on their land. Von Trotha highlights three bands, Amanar, Tartit and Bombino who, along with their music, discuss the difficulty and importance of the annual gathering, especially as the specter of war encroaches. Three days of peace and music, and no mud in sight.
BAYOU MAHARAJAH: THE TRAGIC GENIUS OF JAMES BOOKER
LILY KEBER, 2013
USA | FORMAT: HDCAM | 90 MINUTES
New York Premiere!
Director Lily Keber in person for Q&A!
Venue: ELINOR BUNIN MUNROE FILM CENTER (NY)/Francesca Beale Theater (144 West 65th Street, New York, NY – (212) 875-5600)
Date: Sunday, July 28 and Monday, July 29, 2013
Time: 8:15pm
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“The best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced!” “The Black Liberace!” “Piano Prince of New Orleans!” Who was this guy and how did he lose that eye? Booker was a musical genius who started with classical training when he was 12; released his first recording at 15 and began performing in clubs at 16; taught Dr. John to play the organ; tutored Harry Connick Jr.; toured in Europe; went to prison; played a unique piano style that combined classical, jazz, blues and ragtime; and died young of drug and alcohol abuse. Lily Keber’s vibrant documentary captures it all through performance footage and interviews with Booker’s friends, supporters and fellow musicians.
