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Jazz on Film

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense

From future icons to legends of the past, explore the many variations of this ever evolving art form.

Presented with the 2010 Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

Curated by Spiro Economopoulos





Saturday 1 May - Saturday 8 May 2010
Full $13 Concession $10

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Boy meets girl, boy leaves girl, boy and girl get back together in this jazz riff on love.

Black Orpheus The classic Orpheus and Eurydice myth set against the excess of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Icons Among Us: Jazz in the Present Tense This spirited documentary creates a compelling snapshot of jazz in its current state.

The Jazz Baroness This documentary tells the offbeat love story between an heiress and the father of modern jazz.

Improvs or A scatter-shot theory of hip communication This one-off cine-happening is a cut-and-paste homage to the wide, weird world of jazz.