Music for Black Pigeons - International Trailer (Original)

Streaming on Amazon, Apple TV and more begins July 2, 2024
What does it mean to be a musician? The stars of "Music for Black Pigeons" can’t answer that question -with words, anyway. They respond instead by making music - in the studio, with the camera rolling.
Filmmakers Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed followed the Danish guitarist and composer Jakob Bro in his musical encounters with heroes of jazz including Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, and Midori Takada.
The unspoken, but plainly visible joy and admiration they express when greeting each other says everything they can’t put into words. And when the sounds of their instruments fill the room, something magical happens - something the musicians themselves find it difficult to explain. Moving along calmly, the film, like Bro’s compositions, is an invitation to reflect. What is clear throughout is that the love of music is universal, and differences in nationality, gender, color and age are of no concern.
Featuring: Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Thomas Morgan, Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Mark Turner, Joe Lovano, Andrew Cyrille, Palle Mikkelborg, Jon Christensen, Manfred Eicher & Midori Takada
Directors: Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed
Producer: Emile Hertling Péronard (Ánorâk Film)
Photography: Adam Michael Jandrup
Editor: Adam Nielsen
Sound: Peter Albrechtsen
"A compelling window into what it means to live a life totally devoted to music." - Yasmine Shemesh, The Georgia Straight
"Illuminating, revelatory...intimate camerawork, inventive in its use of available light, reactive in its continual focus adjustments, mirrors the improvisational quality of the music." - Lee Marshall, Screen International
“A truly astonishing and moving cinematic WONDERWORK” - Jazzhalo
“All-encompassing is the music itself, captured crisply and intimately, bringing lasting statements from those now gone” - Cineurope
La Biennale di Venezia 2022, World Premiere
“Official Selection of the 79th Venice Film Festival - Out of Competition”
Winner MUSE Cinema & Arts Award
Doclisboa International Film Festival, Portugal, selected in “Heart Beat” section
Ghent Flanders Int. Film Festival, Belgium, selected in Sound & Vision
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, German Premiere, “Opening Film” of the 64th Nordic Film Days
IFDA - International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam, “Masters Section”
ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, Spain

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Can't wait!

[@roberthunt1540]

Oh man, this looks good! A host of ECM heavy hitters.

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Wonderful! Now, how the rest of us that shun Amazon and Apple TV will get to see this great film....

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Organize a decent movie theatre collective in your town, we have seen it already , months ago, pathetic consumers, sorry, greetings from Berlin