Between the fifties and seventies, Scandinavia became a creative refuge for prominent African-American musicians of jazz, who sought to escape racism in the United States. In the cold and dark cities of the north, artists such as Dexter Gordon, Don Cherry, Sahib Shihab, Joe Harris and Quincy Jones found a space to play freely, be celebrated like stars and even start families. Hoy, It is your children who, from the adult perspective, tell the lights and shadows of that legacy: family tensions, the wounds of racism and the search for one's own identity, with the jazz as a bridge between generations.
The documentary will be screened in Vose (in swedish and english).
They intervene: Mikael Gordon Solfors, Eagle Eye Cherry, Jamil Shihab, Quincy Jones III, Malou Harris Meilink, Rennie Mirro, Eric Bibb, Albert «Tootie» Heath, Francine Lee-Mirro Finer, Maxine Gordon, Ronnie Gardiner, Ulla Jones, Lena Solfors and Jan Allan.
Session presented by Eduardo Guillot, Cultural journalist. Besides, The session has a warm up Previous in DJ session format, by Laguerradelasgalaxias (Andrés Rojo), Valencian scene selector that will offer a thematized proposal before the documentary. The warm up will begin 1 hour before the start of the session.
Duration: 71 minutes
Manal Masri, 2024, Sweden and the USA.
