Max Roach

Max Roach

Born: January 10, 1924
Died: August 16, 2007
in Newland, North Carolina, USA

Movies for Max Roach...

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Title: Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Character: Self (archival footage)
Released: March 12, 2023
Type: Movie
The Drum Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from the Jim Crow to Civil Rights eras, from heady days of post-war jazz to hip hop and beyond.
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Title: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 2, 2021
Type: Movie
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
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Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Title: Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Character: Self - Jazz Musician (archive footage)
Released: March 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., remains one of Hip-Hop’s icons, renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics. This documentary celebrates his life via rare behind-the-scenes footage and the testimonies of his closest friends and family.
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Title: 70 Years of Youth Revolt
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 21, 2020
Type: TV
A look back at the social movements, revolts and youth subcultures from the post-war period to the present day: after the World War II, the left-bank of Paris became a mecca for jazz and alternative living, youth culture was born with trailblazing American movies, and rock became the soundtrack to a generation that wanted to change everything.
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Umbria Jazz Story
Title: Umbria Jazz Story
Character: himself
Released: July 1, 1993
Type: Movie
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Title: Behind the Scenes
Released: August 11, 1992
Type: TV
Behind the Scenes was a 10-part television miniseries aimed towards 8- to 12-year-olds about various aspects of the arts, that was broadcast on PBS in 1992. The series was executive produced by Alice Stewart Trillin and Jane Garmey, produced and directed by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer, and hosted by Penn & Teller. It was developed to illuminate the creative process underlying the working of artists. The series was funded by The National Endowment for the Arts, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, the Bingham Trust and McDonald's.
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Title: The Cosby Show
Released: September 20, 1984
Type: TV
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
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Åke Hasselgård story
Title: Åke Hasselgård story
Released: June 3, 1983
Type: Movie
Hasselgård died in a car accident 75 years ago, aged just 26, he became a legend like so many other young dead in jazz history. The clarinetist Åke Stan Hasselgård managed to play with many of the greats both in Sweden and in the USA.
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Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley
Title: Max Roach: Live at Blues Alley
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1981
Type: Movie
This 1981 live show at Washington DC's famous Blues Alley features drummer Max Roach and his band.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Self
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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Jazz on a Summer's Day
Title: Jazz on a Summer's Day
Character: Self
Released: March 28, 1960
Type: Movie
Set at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.