/6smae3fwruMtyiXzGkOdFXZcXgi.jpg

Notions of Freedom (2007)

Gênero :

Runtime : 16M

Director : Ulysses Jenkins

Sinopse

Ulysses Jenkins charts the history of jazz—what he calls “the first true American art form"—from its beginnings in New Orleans and the American South to the classic work of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington and through the major innovations of Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, and Miles Davis. Also included are clips of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, explicitly linking the development of jazz to the Civil Rights Movement. Motion-capture animated figures are seen dancing, superimposed, over the archival footage of the musicians. Wearing colorful costumes, they perform Jenkins’ original choreography. The dancers exert a powerful influence over the historical documentation as their movements extend across the decades and, finally, into the future.

Atores

Cheryl Banks-Smith
Cheryl Banks-Smith
Ulysses Jenkins
Ulysses Jenkins

Tripulações

Ulysses Jenkins
Ulysses Jenkins
Director
Mugen Suzuki
Mugen Suzuki
Animation
Lisa Naugle
Lisa Naugle
Motion Capture Artist
Ross Whitney
Ross Whitney
Recording Supervision
Kei Akagi
Kei Akagi
Music