2018 NBFF Flipbook

NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL \\ APRIL 26 - MAY 3, 2018 1 8 2 The Jazz Ambassadors 2018 - USA, UK – 89 min The Cold War and Civil Rights movement collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. In 1955, as the Soviet Union’s pervasive propaganda about the U.S. and American racism spread globally, African-American Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. convinced President Eisenhower that jazz was the best way to intervene in the Cold War cultural conflict. For the next decade, America’s most influential jazz artists, along with their racially-integrated bands, traveled the globe to perform as cultural ambassadors. But the unrest back home forced them to face a moral dilemma - promoting the image of a tolerant America abroad when the country still practiced Jim Crow segregation. DIRECTOR: Hugo Berkeley PRODUCER: Julie Anderson, Sabine Bubeck- Paaz, Shari Chertok, Mick Csaky, Robert Hughes, Helen Kelsey, Stephen Segaller, Jan Younghusband EDITOR: Nse Asuquo CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andre Lascaris, Dewald Aukema MUSIC: Michael J. McEvoy CAST: Leslie Odom Jr., Quincy Jones, Charlie Persip, Darius Brubeck, Bill Crow, Adam Clayton Powell III LANGUAGE: English 40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie 2018 - USA - 99 min After many successful years, Boulder, Colorado’s most elusive jam band parted ways, each man living his own life. Now spread across the United States, no fan thought that they would have the opportunity to hear this influential band together again. However, television producer Lee Aronsohn hopes to track down each of the members, and convince them to play one final show. DIRECTOR: Lee Aronsohn PRODUCER: Lee Aronsohn, Fleur Saville EDITOR: Kyle Vorbach SCREENWRITER: Lee Aronsohn CINEMATOGRAPHER: Dean Cornish MUSIC: Magic Music CAST: Chris Daniels, Will Luckey, George Cahill, Rob Galloway, Bill Makepeace, Kevin Milburn, Lynn Poyer LANGUAGE: English M U S I C F I L M S April 29, 2018 - 2:30 PM The Triangle April 30, 2018 - 7:45 PM Edwards Big Newport Blaze 2018 - USA - 127 min The story of an unsung country music legend who gave up paradise for the sake of a song. He left little behind in the way of tangible legacy, as his achingly intimate and personal songs were seldom recorded, but those close to him knew a man who stayed true to his ideals no matter how many bar fights he got into over them. DIRECTOR: Ethan Hawke PRODUCER: Ethan Hawke, Ryan Hawke, Jake Seal, John Sloss EDITOR: Jason Gourson SCREENWRITER: Ethan Hawke, Sybil Rosen CINEMATOGRAPHER: Steve Cosens CAST: Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Martin Bats Bradford, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Rockwell, Richard Linklater, Steve Zahn LANGUAGE: English April 29, 2018 - 7:15 PM The Triangle