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Title:
The jazz loft, according to W. Eugene Smith / WNYC Studies presents ; in association with Lumiere Productions ; written, produced, and directed by Sara Fishko ; producer, Calvin Scaggs.
Author:
Fishko, Sara, television director, screenwriter, television producer.

Scaggs, Calvin, television producer.

Smith, W. Eugene, 1918-1978.

WNYC (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), production company.

Lumiere Productions, production company.

Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
Publication Information:
New York : Kino Lorber, [2018]

DVD packaging, ©2018
Call Number:
ML3508.8 N49 2018
Abstract:
Drawn from thousands of hours of audiotape and tens of thousands of photographs created by photojournalist W. Eugene Smith from 1957 to 1965, this film tells the story of the Manhattan loft building that Smith turned into a gathering spot for jazz musicians and jam sessions. Smith's sounds and images are interspersed with present-day interviews with musicians and other visitors who spent time in the jazz loft during those years.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.

Wide screen (1.78:1, 16x9).

Special features: Director Sara Fishko in conversation with Leonard Lopate; trailer.
Contents:
Beboppers -- News through pictures -- Perfectionist -- Equipment -- Overton -- Paradise garden -- Monk -- Little rootie tootie -- Isolated -- Snapshot.
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