Run Time:
127 minutes

Parental Guide:
rated R

AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL

Feb 15, 2025 |Marshall E. Rinker, Sr. Playhouse

1990, 127 min, USA. Directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington and Wesley Snipes.

In his fourth feature film and first collaboration with Denzel Washington. legendary filmmaker Spike Lee studies the work of making jazz music: rehearsals, composing, management, finances, club owners, and audiences. Washington spent several months studying the fundamentals of playing the trumpet with none other than Grammy winner Terence Blanchard, who performed Washington’s solos on the film’s soundtrack and went on to score 13 of Lee’s features. Bleek, as played by Washington, is an intense, charismatic, and flawed character, committed only to the music. Lee looks at the warped treatment of women in the jazz world through the characters of Indigo Downes (Joie Lee) and Clarke Betancourt (Cynda Williams).

5-Show Series $60 • Save $25 when you purchase the entire series.

Guests attending PEAK performances in the Rinker Playhouse will receive one complimentary beverage with every ticket purchased (underage guests will be offered a non-alcoholic selection).

PEAK performances made possible by a grant from the MLDauray Arts Initiative in honor of Leonard and Sophie Davis

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