SYNOPSIS
The life and music of legendary jazz drummer, composer and activist Max Roach. Tracing his creative peaks, personal struggles and reinventions from the Jim Crow to civil rights eras.
Director: Sam Pollard
Language: English
Duration: 82 MINS
Year: 2023
Genre: DOCUMENTARY
FILM DETAILS
Date: Sunday - October 20, 2024
Time: 2:15 PM​
Venue: Plainfield High School
950 Park Ave, Plainfield, NJ 07060
SCREENING DETAILS
About the Director
Samuel D. Pollard is an American film director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. His films have garnered numerous awards such as Peabodys, Emmys, and an Academy Award nomination. In 2020, the International Documentary Association gave him a career achievement award. Spike Lee, whose films Pollard has edited and produced, described him as being "a master filmmaker." Henry Louis Gates Jr. characterizes Pollard's work in this way: "When I think about his documentaries, they add up to a corpus — a way of telling African-American history in its various dimensions.