Rewind & Play

Name: Rewind & Play
Genre: Drama, Music, Documentary
Released: March 10, 2023
Duration: 65 min
Cast: Thelonious Monk

2023

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Grasshopper Film | Release Date: March 10, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Thelonious Monk

Summary: In December 1969, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European concert tour with a performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Before the show, he was invited to appear on a French television program to perform and answer questions in an intimate setting. Using newly discovered footage from this recording, directorIn December 1969, legendary jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk ended his European concert tour with a performance at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. Before the show, he was invited to appear on a French television program to perform and answer questions in an intimate setting. Using newly discovered footage from this recording, director Alain Gomis reveals the disconnect between Monk and his interviewer, Henri Renaud, whose unwittingly trivializing approach conveys the casual racism and exploitation prevalent in the music industry at large. … Expand

Director: Alain Gomis

Genre(s): Drama, Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 65 min

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Lisa Kennedy

Mar 9, 2023

The film is not merely playback or payback on behalf of one Black artist by another. Rewind & Play dazzles because it is and will remain a wonder to witness Monk seemingly discovering his compositions again and again, his fingers conjuring, his right foot etching rhythms. Read full review

Richard Brody

Mar 14, 2023

In Rewind & Play, Gomis does more than reveal the discussion that didn’t see the light of day in 1970; he reveals the cinematic methods by which the fabricated and tailored view of Monk’s life and work were crafted. Read full review

Robert Abele

Apr 6, 2023

Thankfully, in the stretches when Monk is playing, he gets to be exactly who he is, his exhilarating music doing the talking, his exquisite dissonance suddenly more revelatory than perhaps intended. Read full review

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