REEL Thursdays: The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit
A saugaLIVE Presents Event in collaboration with the TIFF Film Circuit
The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit is a landmark double portrait of Detroit's extraordinary jazz legacy and the dynamic city that produced it. The film chronicles the defining influence of Detroit's innovative musicians on jazz history, while also tracing the dramatic rise and fall of the city as an industrial power, the struggles and triumphs of its creative and resilient African American community, and the profound tradition of mentorship that has nurtured Detroit jazz since the 1950s.
Screening time: 99 minutes
REEL Thursdays at Living Arts Centre gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters. For more information about Film Circuit and to view a full list of their sponsors and supporters, please visit tiff.net/filmcircuit.