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  • 2023
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 5 m
  • 2023
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 5 m

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, directo...

Directed By: Alain Gomis

Written By: Alain Gomis

  • 2023
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 5 m
  • 2023
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 5 m

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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, directo...

Directed By: Alain Gomis

Written By: Alain Gomis

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90
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.
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
80
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.
By Richard Brody FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Andolfi, Sphere Films, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA), ARTE, La Lucarne, Die Gesellschaft DGS, Le Studio Orlando, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Agence Nationale de Gestion des Oeuvres Audiovisuelles (ANGOA), Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM)
Release Date Mar 10, 2023
Duration 1 h 5 m
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Awards

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
• 1 Nomination

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