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| '''''A Great Day in Harlem''''' is a 1994 ] directed by ] about the ]. It was nominated for an ] for ].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/134318/A-Great-Day-in-Harlem/details |title=NY Times: A Great Day in Harlem |accessdate=2008-11-20|work=NY Times}}</ref> | '''''A Great Day in Harlem''''' is a 1994 ] directed by ] about the ]. It was nominated for an ] for ].<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/134318/A-Great-Day-in-Harlem/details |title=NY Times: A Great Day in Harlem |accessdate=2008-11-20|work=NY Times}}</ref> | ||
| Director Jean Bach acquired an original, home movie showing the 1954 photo shoot from musician ] on the day the photograph was taken in 1954.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Douglas|last=Martin|title=Jean Bach, Jazz Documentarian and Fan, Dies at 94 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/movies/jean-bach-jazz-documentarian-and-fan-dies-at-94.html?_r=2& |work= |publisher= |date=2013-05-28 |accessdate=2013-06-19}}</ref> She used Hinton's home video as the basis for her hour-long documentary.<ref name=nytimes/> | |||
| In a piece published in '']'', jazz critic ] praised Bach's film as "a brilliant, funny, moving, altogether miraculous documentary."<ref name=nytimes/> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:54, 19 June 2013
1994 American film| A Great Day in Harlem | |
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| Directed by | Jean Bach |
| Written by | Jean Bach Susan Peehl Matthew Seig |
| Produced by | Stuart Samuels Terrell Braly Matthew Seig |
| Starring | Quincy Jones Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Rollins Buck Clayton |
| Narrated by | Quincy Jones |
| Cinematography | Steve Petropoulos |
| Edited by | Susan Peehl |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Great Day in Harlem is a 1994 documentary film directed by Jean Bach about the photograph of the same name. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Director Jean Bach acquired an original, home movie showing the 1954 photo shoot from musician Milt Hinton on the day the photograph was taken in 1954. She used Hinton's home video as the basis for her hour-long documentary.
In a piece published in The New Yorker, jazz critic Whitney Balliet praised Bach's film as "a brilliant, funny, moving, altogether miraculous documentary."
References
- "NY Times: A Great Day in Harlem". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ {{cite news|first=Douglas|last=Martin|title=Jean Bach, Jazz Documentarian and Fan, Dies at 94 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/movies/jean-bach-jazz-documentarian-and-fan-dies-at-94.html?_r=2& |work= |publisher= |date=2013-05-28 |accessdate=2013-06-19}}
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