Tutta vita

Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City.

Runtime

5m

Director

D. A. Pennebaker

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide...

Runtime

2h 32m

Director

Taylor Hackford

Cast

Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Woody Allen

Cast

Sean Penn, Ben Duncan, Samantha Morton

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

Runtime

2h 43m

Director

Martin Scorsese

Cast

Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Bertrand Tavernier

Cast

Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet, Gabrielle Haker