Jazz Movies

Tarik Shah, supremely talented Muslim American jazz bassist, endured 15 years of unjust imprisonment. Shah toured with jazz legend Betty Carter and...

German cultural documentary about the development of Jazz in New Orleans. Contains interviews with several musicians.

Passing the Torch documents a ninety year old Jazz master, Jimmy Heath, mentoring teenage musicians with a thirst for knowledge and an appreciation...

The young American Pablo Menéndez came to Cuba to study Music at the National School of Art. Here he formed a family and became one more...

The recording process of musician Nilufer Akdogu's Turkish jazz album Aristo'ya Inat (Against Aristotle). The film presents the musical searches...

An amazing interpretation from Vicente Libedinsky of "Festival de Ritmo" originally from Dave weckl in his graduation concert from high school.

CMC’s visionary leaders and artists to celebrate one of San Francisco’s most-revered and longest-running community arts programs.

Spark of Being, a close adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein, explores the thematic interchangeability of three of the...

Join us down deep within the basement of ToonMan as a not so colorful cast of characters join together only once in a half moon to play poker for one...

Anika Nilles – Live at Leverkusener Jazztage 2023 showcases a drummer of remarkable precision, power and imagination. Leading a highly...

Two friends play a best-of-three game of pool, but things go rough quickly. As their shots get more powerful, they miss more often and only sheer...

A documentary about Cairo Jazz Festival's Amr Salah and his struggle every year to bring people and arts together in a country where 70% of people...

A documentary about the jazz standard and it's roots in Jewish and African-American culture/

A monumental homage to Glenn Miller, a one shot film - Glenn Miller 2000. This 26- minute long piece, shot on a circular road in Novi Zagreb in many...

A feature-length tour of Amsterdam's thriving jazz scene.

"Hope You Like It" is a heartwarming short documentary that delves into the life of Ken “K-Brick” Cooper, a talented jazz musician whose...

Musical performers put on a show in a pawn shop to convince a man to give them the money they need to buy back their instruments.