West Palm Beach African American Film Festival

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The 19th Annual African American Film Festival - Jazz Legends And Cinematic Icons

5-Show Series $60 - Save $25 When You Purchase The Entire Series. All Films In Rinker Playhouse - General Admission

Schedule Of Events

6:30pm - Mo’ Better Blues - Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse

1990, 127 Min, Usa. Directed By Spike Lee And Starring Denzel Washington And Wesley Snipes.

In His Fourth Feature Film And First Collaboration With Denzel Washington. Legendary Filmmaker Spike Lee Studies The Work Of Making Jazz Music: Rehearsals, Composing, Management, Finances, Club Owners, And Audiences. Washington Spent Several Months Studying The Fundamentals Of Playing The Trumpet With None Other Than Grammy Winner Terence Blanchard, Who Performed Washington’s Solos On The Film’s Soundtrack And Went On To Score 13 Of Lee’s Features. Bleek, As Played By Washington, Is An Intense, Charismatic, And Flawed Character, Committed Only To The Music. Lee Looks At The Warped Treatment Of Women In The Jazz World Through The Characters Of Indigo Downes (Joie Lee) And Clarke Betancourt (Cynda Williams).

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1:00pm- Soul - Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse

2020, 90 Min, Usa. Co-Directed By Kemp Powers And Pete Docter And Voiced By Jamie Foxx.

In This Fantasy-Drama Animated Film, Academy Award Winner Jamie Foxx Voices Joe Gardner, A Middle-School Music Teacher And Jazzman. Soul Made History In Two Ways: Joe Is Pixar’s First Black Lead Character And Kemp Powers Is Likely The First African American To Direct An Animated Feature. Soul Is Delicate And Philosophical Yet Infused With The Improvisational Vibrancy Of New York City—And Joe’s Dedication To His Music. Songs By Real-Life Musicians Such As Jon Batiste Add Depth And Heart. When Joe Says, "Music Is All I Think About, From The Moment I Wake Up In The Morning To The Moment I Fall Asleep At Night; I Was Born To Play," We Know He Means It.

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