THEME EXPLORATION

Jelly Roll Morton

6 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Gimme Shelter
Gimme Shelter
1970 · Maysles Brothers
A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton
A Short Lecture and Demonstration on the Evolution of Ragtime as Presented by Jelly Roll Morton
2016 · Shirley Clarke
Carnival Rock
Carnival Rock
1957 · Roger Corman
Ragazzi del Juke-Box
Ragazzi del Juke-Box
1959 · Lucio Fulci
Roadie
Roadie
1980 · Alan Rudolph
Rock-A-Doodle
Rock-A-Doodle
1991 · Don Bluth
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Clint Eastwood USA

His films about jazz musicians and jazz culture demonstrate deep engagement with the lives and legacies of jazz pioneers like Morton.

 John Lee Hancock USA

His explorations of African American cultural history and music in cinema align with documenting transformative figures like Jelly Roll Morton.