PBS Documentary: Duke Ellington's Washington
Tonight, music fans, aspiring musicians and Washingtonians can catch a free airing of the PBS documentary, "Duke Ellington's Washington". The film highlights the late jazz musician's childhood in Washington, D.C. This is a must-see documentary. The location is Harrison Field, located at V St. and 13th St. Washington, D.C., NW. The event begins at 8:30 pm, so HURRY!!!
From the PBS Web site:
"Duke Ellington's Washington" is a dynamic blend ofthe music and pictures that illuminate both young Ellington and thehometown that nurtured him, and the intimate oral histories of peoplewho knew Duke as a boy and the community that was home to so manytalented African Ameicans. The program takes an unconventional approachby combining the celebrated past of Washington's black community withits modern revival of that heritage along with another of Ellington'slegacies, the Ellington School for the Arts which is producing a newstream of talented DC musicians, actors, dancers, and artists of allkinds. The program draws upon urban historians James Horton and EdSmith and Ellington biographer John Hasse and matches them with thefilm-making of award-winning African American producer Stanley Nelson,the editing of Cliff Hackel, the archival research of Teresa Gionis,video by Kevin Raullerson and the reporting of Hedrick Smith.
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