Earshot Jazz Film Festival

Earshot Jazz Film Festival

 Once again Northwest Film Forum partners with Earshot Jazz to present some of the finest Jazz films in recent memory. This year’s program offers a French chanteuse, a tribute to Thelonious Monk , a snapshot of Rodolphe Burger, and the teachings of legendary Lawrence D. ‘Butch’ Morris.

 Series passes are available. $20 Members / $30 General

 

And I Ride, And I Ride

*Please note: we are showing a French language version with NO subtitles

Oct 28 - Oct 30, 2011

(Frank Vialle, France, 2009, DigiBeta, 105 min)

A snapshot of virtuoso guitarist Rodolphe Burger and his native Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines valley. And I Ride, And I Ride is a profile in mirrors as seen through the attitude of music.

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Ne Change Rien

Seattle Premiere!

Oct 28 - Nov 03, 2011

(Pedro Costa, 2009, Portugal/France, 35mm, 100 min)

Pedro Costa’s ninth film is a bit of a change of pace for the director, who traditionally concentrates on the marginalized and underserved communities of Lisbon. Retaining the distinctive low-light visual style of his previous films, he turns his camera on French chanteuse-actress Jeanne Balibar, in a dreamlike meditation on the process of creating music.

"The cinematography is stunning and beyond atmospheric. The music is highly intelligent. Balibar as Balibar is undeniably charismatic...She's nothing less than the muse of cinema." —Seattle Weekly

"Nothing much happens in Ne Change Rien, but we never lose interest in the images on the screen. We powerfully feel these black-and-white moments of Jeanne Balibar smoking and singing." —The Stranger

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In My Mind

Seattle Premiere!

Nov 01, 2011

(Gary Hawkins, USA, 2010, DigiBeta, 100min)

In My Mind compares and contrasts two great concerts separated by half a century but united by the power of jazz. In 2009, award-winning pianist Jason Moran paid tribute to one of his own heroes, Thelonious Monk. 

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Black February

Seattle Premiere!

Nov 02, 2011

(Vipal Monga, 2010, USA, DigiBeta, 59 min)

Black February chronicles an unprecedented series of concerts performed in New York City by legendary jazz composer and conductor Lawrence D. ‘Butch’ Morris. Butch put on the series in February 2005 to celebrate 20 years of Conduction, his revolutionary technique for leading live improvisations.

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