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A Concerto Is a Conversation

  • 2020
  • 13m
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A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
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A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.A virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

  • Directors
    • Kris Bowers
    • Ben Proudfoot
  • Writer
    • Ben Proudfoot
  • Stars
    • Kris Bowers
    • Horace Bowers Sr.
    • Jim Burke
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    • Directors
      • Kris Bowers
      • Ben Proudfoot
    • Writer
      • Ben Proudfoot
    • Stars
      • Kris Bowers
      • Horace Bowers Sr.
      • Jim Burke
    • 5User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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      • Ben Proudfoot
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    Exciting, short and efficient...
    Curtinho, 13 minutes alone, talks about Kris Bowers, a black musician who gained visibility for composing the soundtrack of the controversial and delicate "Green Book", in fact it is about his grandfather, the principle, a 91-year-old young man, wow, a delicious to taste, exciting, short and efficient...
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      • November 24, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Концерт - это беседа
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      • Breakwater Studios
      • Chicago Media Project
      • The New York Times
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