Max Roach

Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960)

Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at ... (more)

DIRECTION: Bert Stern

CAST: Louis Armstrong • Mahalia Jackson • Gerry Mulligan • Dinah Washington

DIRECTION: Bert Stern

CAST: Louis Armstrong • Mahalia Jackson • Gerry Mulligan • Dinah Washington

Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley (1981)

This 1981 live show at Washington DC's famous Blues Alley features drummer Max Roach and his band. (more)

DIRECTION: Stanley Dorfman

CAST: Max Roach • Cecil Bridgewater • Odean Pope • Calvin Hill

This 1981 live show at Washington DC's famous Blues Alley features drummer Max Roach and his band. (more)

DIRECTION: Stanley Dorfman

CAST: Max Roach • Cecil Bridgewater • Odean Pope • Calvin Hill

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping ... (more)

DIRECTION: Questlove

CAST: Tony Lawrence • Stevie Wonder • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Nina Simone

DIRECTION: Questlove

CAST: Tony Lawrence • Stevie Wonder • Lin-Manuel Miranda • Nina Simone

Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell (2021)

Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., remains one of Hip-Hop’s icons, renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics. This documentary celebrates his life via rare behind-the-scenes footage and the testimonies of his closest friends and family. (more)

DIRECTION: Emmett Malloy

CAST: The Notorious B.I.G. • Sean Combs • Faith Evans • Damion Butler