Music Films @ 32nd ChCh Intl Film Festival

18th July 2008
The 32nd Christchurch International Film Festival will run from July 31 - August 17, 2008 and this year has several music films featuring Patti Smith, Anita Baker, CSN&Y, Pete Seeger and Lou Reed...

ANITA O'DAY: THE LIFE OF A JAZZ SINGER - Robbie Cavolina, Ian McCrudden, USA 2007, 93 mins
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer delivers a spirited appreciation and colourful portrait of the great jazz singer and queen of 50s... »
2 Aug | 6:30pm - Rialto Two
3 Aug | 1:30pm - Rialto Two
4 Aug | 2:00pm - Rialto Two
5 Aug | 11:45am - Rialto Two

CSNY: DÉJÀ VU - Bernard Shakey, USA 2007, 96 mins
CSNY: Déjà Vu, directed by Bernard Shakey (aka Neil Young), intercuts concert footage of the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ... »
10 Aug | 6:00pm - Rialto One
8 Aug | 4:00pm - Rialto Three
9 Aug | 4:00pm - Rialto One

LOU REED'S BERLIN - Julian Schnabel, USA 2007, 82 mins
In 2006 Lou Reed gave the first live performances of his long underrated 1973 album Berlin. Artist/filmmaker Julian Schnabel contributed to ... »
14 Aug | 2:00pm - Rialto One
14 Aug | 8:30pm - Rialto One
16 Aug | 8:15pm - Rialto One

NOTE BY NOTE: THE MAKING OF STEINWAY L1037 - Ben Niles, USA 2007, 80 mins
"There is no more engrossing subject than man at work. The proof... is in [this] chronicle of the production of a single Steinway conce... »
11 Aug | 2:30pm - Rialto Two
7 Aug | 2:00pm - Rialto Two
9 Aug | 10:45am - Rialto Two
9 Aug | 2:30pm - Rialto Two

PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE - Steven Sebring, USA 2008, 109 mins
An intimate, lyrical portrait of punk pioneer Patti Smith. "If Patti Smith has ever mattered to you, you'll remember why when... »
12 Aug | 8:30pm - Rialto One
15 Aug | 2:00pm - Rialto One
16 Aug | 1:30pm - Rialto One

PETE SEEGER: THE POWER OF SONG - Jim Brown, USA 2007, 93 mins
This rousing, affectionate biographical portrait of singer/activist Pete Seeger, now in his late 80s, is also an overview of 20th-century Am... »
14 Aug | 11:00am - Regent on Worcester
14 Aug | 6:15pm - Regent on Worcester
16 Aug | 4:15pm - Regent on Worcester

YOUNG@HEART - Stephen Walker, United Kingdom 2007, 109 mins
A group of elderly American choristers is coaxed and cajoled by their inspired conductor into gutsy performances from a repertoire of hipste... »
13 Aug | 6:15pm - Rialto One
17 Aug | 2:00pm - Regent on Worcester

Full listings are avail at the festival website.

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