"The Pleasures of Being Out of Step"
Notes on the Life of Nat Hentoff
A film by David L. Lewis
Featuring the Sublime Music of Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, John Coltrane & Charles Mingus
Now Open in New York at IFC Center
Opens July 4 in Los Angeles at Laemmle Theatres
Nat Hentoff is one of the enduring voices of the last 65 years, a writer who championed jazz as an art form and who also led the rise of 'alternative' journalism in America. This unique documentary wraps the themes of liberty, identity and free expression around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patriot Act.
At the core of the film are three extraordinary, intimate conversations with Hentoff. Commentary and perspective are offered through additional interviews with such luminaries as Amiri Baraka, Stanley Crouch, Floyd Abrams, Aryeh Neier and Dan Morgenstern. Interwoven through it all is the sublime music of Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Bob Dylan, along with never-before-seen photographs and archival footage of these artists and other cultural figures at the height of their powers.
WINNER! Metropolis Grand Jury Prize, DocNYC 2013
"Brisk and engaging. Hentoff comes off as an amused, amusing, endlessly fascinating man, one with more stories to tell than he could have fit into his almost three dozen books or his half-century of columns. He's a great pleasure to watch, to listen to, and to read, even when you couldn't disagree with him more." - Alan Scherstuhl, The Village Voice
"A sharp-looking and enjoyable doc that celebrates the writer's legacy."
- John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter
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