Alain Gomis
Rewind & Play
Edition 2022
65'
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2022
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Documentary
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Dialogue:
French, English
French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis is venturing into documentary filmmaking for the first time. Rewind & Play shows Thelonious Monk and the way he was treated in the 1960s in France. Extremely enlightening cinema.
Gomis found unreleased footage of a French TV show with the genius pianist and composer Thelonious Monk in 1969. From these rushes, he reconstructs a film showing an unseen Monk, who wrestles in his own way with the stereotypes building around him.
“Any artist can attest that giving interviews can be a tough chore. For jazz pianist Thelonious Monk facing the cameras on 15 December 1969 on a small studio stage was excruciating. In Rewind & Play, Alain Gomis unearths never seen material to disclose the inner workings of a TV programme from an entirely new angle.”- Cineuropa
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Credits
Director
Alain Gomis
With
Thelonious Monk
Editor
Alain Gomis
Producer
Arnaud Dommerc, Alain Gomis, Anouk Khelifa
Production studios
Sphere Films, Andolfi
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Dialogue
French, English
Countries of production
Germany, France
Year
2022
Filmography
Alain Gomis
Caramels et chocolats (short, 1996), Tout le monde peut se tromper (short, 1998), Whirlwinds (short, 1999), As a Man (2001), Little Light (short, 2003), Ahmed (short, 2007), Andalucia (2007), Today (2011), Félicité (2016), Rewind & Play (2022)
