The Edification of Weldon Irvine (Documentary)
fishmongerfunk
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just stumbled across this one hour documentary (someone's master's thesis actually) about the man done in 1975. thinking about ordering it and was wondering if anyone here had seen it and could recommend it or not.
here is some crumby review i found:
"Davis interviews a number of people [...] A theater???s artistic director discusses how she views the pianist's artistry and temperament. His grandmother recalls his childhood, which was spent on the lush campus of the Hampton Institute in Virginia. His martial arts instructor explains the nature of the discipline Irvine has chosen to learn, and how its practitioners undergo internal, spiritual development. The most revealing interviewee is of course, Irvine himself. Davis' questions bring out a number of issues, which Irvine tackles in a particularly articulate manner. Here, he discusses his struggle as an artist trying to find a place in the music industry; his work as a musical playwright, his work with jazz singer, Nina Simone, as well as non-musical elements of his life such as his interests in martial arts, weapons, and his use of horse race betting as a source of income."
here is some crumby review i found:
"Davis interviews a number of people [...] A theater???s artistic director discusses how she views the pianist's artistry and temperament. His grandmother recalls his childhood, which was spent on the lush campus of the Hampton Institute in Virginia. His martial arts instructor explains the nature of the discipline Irvine has chosen to learn, and how its practitioners undergo internal, spiritual development. The most revealing interviewee is of course, Irvine himself. Davis' questions bring out a number of issues, which Irvine tackles in a particularly articulate manner. Here, he discusses his struggle as an artist trying to find a place in the music industry; his work as a musical playwright, his work with jazz singer, Nina Simone, as well as non-musical elements of his life such as his interests in martial arts, weapons, and his use of horse race betting as a source of income."
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