The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith
Celebrating Black Stories
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1h 28m
Directed by Sara Fishko • Documentary • 2016 • US • English
Featuring Sam Stephenson, Carla Bley, Steve Reich
In 1950s Manhattan, a dingy loft building becomes the home and obsession of the brilliant photographer W. Eugene Smith – who leaves his family and moves there to live the artist’s life. Smith wires the building for sound and captures daily life at 821 Sixth Avenue, where jazz players gather all night, every night, for freewheeling jam sessions both hot and cool.
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