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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Presented by MNFF Selects

Wednesday, May 10 at 7 PM 

Director: Sam Pollard & Ben Shapiro

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FULL SERIES BELOW…

Wed May 10, 2023

7:00 PM

Bonus Film

Individual Ticket: 

Advance $14; Walk-up $16

Includes $2 fee

This is the story of the heralded jazz musician and composer whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him…

 

His stunningly diverse seven-decade career marked him as one of the great musical artists of the 20th Century and a pioneering cultural activist at times when the nation was steeped in racism. The film follows Roach across a rich and complicated life, years of now-legendary achievement, deep personal struggle, and the price he paid for his outspoken views. His was an epic musical journey — from the revolutionary Jazz of the 1940s to the Civil Rights years, through experiments in hip hop, multi-media works, and beyond.

The film, which is the culmination of years of work, features substantive conversations with Max Roach himself, Sonny Rollins, Abbey Lincoln, Quincy Jones, Dee Dee Bridgewater,  Harry Belafonte, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Randy Weston.  Directed and produced by distinguished MNFF Honoree Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro, the film had its world premiere at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas in March.  MNFF Selects proudly presents its Vermont premiere at Town Hall Theater in Middlebury.  

Trailer:

MNFF Selects presents

Larger Than Life Series:

2022-23 MNFF SELECTS MONTHLY MOVIE SCREENINGS THE “LARGER THAN LIFE” SERIES TOWN HALL THEATER, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT

MNFF Selects explores through film the lives of significant people who made a deep impact on our culture:

  • Thursday, October 20 @ 7pm
    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

  • Thursday, November 10 @ 7pm
    Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

  •  Thursday, December 8 @ 7pm
    Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song

  • Sunday, January 8 @ 2pm
    Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

  • Sunday, February 5 @ 2pm
    Ted K [Ted Kaczynski]

  • Sunday, March 5 @ 2pm
    Golda [Golda Meir]

  •  Thursday, April 13 @ 7pm
    Navalny

  • Wednesday, May 10 @ 7pm
    Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

Get your passes today at the link above!

Town Hall Theater

68 South Pleasant Street

Middlebury, VT 05753

The Box Office is also open one hour prior to performances.

MNFF Select Series Presents Max Roach

     

    Single Tickets:

    Advance  $14
    Walk-Up $16

    Includes $2 Fee

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