Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
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New Orleans’s iconic festival, the place to see and hear legends, celebrates its 50th year in this feel-great documentary. Rock ’n’ roll, R&B, soul … more than just jazz!
Thousands of musicians, enthusiastic crowds and umpteen food stalls – that’s JazzFest. It’s been called ‘the world’s greatest backyard barbeque’, and ‘the most kick-ass party in the world’. Founded back in 1970 (it would have been 1962 if not for Louisiana’s Jim Crow laws) as a celebration of The Big Easy and its culture, the festival has endured despite hurricanes and pandemics. Co-directors Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern have assembled a feast of archival footage, along with performances and interviews to illustrate the event’s rich legacy: from Earth, Wind & Fire to Wynton, Branford Marsalis, Irma ‘Soul Queen of New Orleans’ Thomas, Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen and Pitbull.
- Program Strand
- Sounds on Screen
- Year
- 2022
- Classification
- All Ages
- Country
- USA
- Language
- In English
- Director
- Frank Marshall, Ryan Suffern
- Producer
- Frank Marshall, Sean Stuart, Ryan Suffern
- Cinematographer
- Michael Parry, Justin Kane, Boyd Hobbs
- Editor
- Martin Singer
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Documentary, Music
- Company Credits
- Australian Distributor: Sony Pictures
- Official Website
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