Jazz on a Summer's Day
New York Film Festival Essentials
•
1h 22m
Directed by Bert Stern • Documentary • 1959 • US • English
Featuring Louis Armstrong, Thelonius Monk, Anita O'Day
Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and directed by renowned photographer Bert Stern, this film features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of "The Lord's Prayer" by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning.
Up Next in New York Film Festival Essentials
-
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Directed by Pham Thien An • Drama • 2023 • Vietnam • Vietnamese with English subtitles
Starring Le Phong Vu, Nguyen Thi Truc Quynh, Nguyen ThinhWinner of the prestigious Camera d’Or for best first film at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the enthralling "Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell" from Vietn...
-
Bacurau
Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles • Arthouse • 2019 • Brazil, France • English and Portuguese with English subtitles
Starring Sonia Braga, Udo Kier, Michael, Bárbara ColenWinner of the Jury Prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, "Bacurau" follows the inhabitants of a small B...
-
Beanpole
Directed by Kantemir Balagov • Arthouse • 2020 • Russia • Russian with English subtitles
Starring Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina, Andrey BykovIn post-WWII Leningrad, two women, Iya and Masha, intensely bonded after fighting side by side as anti-aircraft gunners, attempt to readjus...
