WATCH: New jazz documentary tells the story of Hurricane Katrina
‘One Note At A Time’ has UK cinema screenings and online streaming this week
A new documentary has been released telling the story of Hurricane Katrina from the perspective of jazz musicians who lived through the crisis in New Orleans 13 years ago. Featuring Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins, Clarke Peters and dozens more musicians, the movie tells the story of those who returned to the city and restored the jazz scene in order to support the people and rejuvenate the tourist industry. It’s called ‘One Note At A Time’ and released as a stream next week with limited cinema screenings across the UK now (see list below).
Director and producer Renee Edwards says: “I felt compelled to make this film having visited the city throughout my life to see my family. I’m British born to an English mother and African American father. School summer holidays were regularly spent in New Orleans. As an adult I came to know the city in a new way, and very much appreciated the live sound of the music which beat through my childhood. Through the film we were able to capture a special moment in music history, though the issues raised in the film are ongoing. I believe as a black, female film maker, of mixed African American and British heritage, that I was able to tell this story in a unique way.”
British screenings include:
24 August 7 DAYS Rio Cinema Dalston London
24 August 7 DAYS HOME Manchester Greater Manchester
24 August & 25 August Chichester Film Festival Chichester West Sussex
25 August 2 DAYS Barbican Cinemas 2 London
03 September The Regal Tenbury Wells Worcestershire
05 September Picturehouse Uckfield Uckfield East Sussex
05 September Corn Exchange Wallingford Oxfordshire
08 September (Plus Q&A) ArtHouse Crouch End London
23 September Plough Arts Centre Torrington Devon
26 September Cinema & Co. Swansea
30 September (Plus Q&A) Shute Festival of Literature & Landscape Shute Devon
06 October (Plus Jazz trio) MacRobert Art Centre
06 October Marsden Jazz Festival Marsden West Yorkshire
08 October & 10 October Bonington Theatre Arnold Nottinghamshire
16 October (Plus Q&A) David Lean Cinema Croydon
02 November Strode Theatre Street Somerset