Manori Ravindran International Editor Grasshopper Film has acquired the North American distribution rights to “Rewind & Play,” Alain Gomis’ feature documentary on the late jazz pianist Thelonious Monk.
The film is set to screen at the 60th annual New York Film Festival later this month, and will open in theaters early next year.
The doc uses an interview with Monk in France from 1969, which many would now consider to be deeply problematic, as its centrepiece.
In December 1969, Monk arrived in Paris for a concert at the tail end of a European tour. While there, he was invited to appear on a television interview program, where he was to answer questions in an intimate, one-on-one studio stage.
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