PREVIEW: A Jazzman’s Blues (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Joshua Boone (Premature), Solea Pfeiffer (film debut), Brent Antonello (A Lover Betrayed), Brad Benedict (The Last Treasure Hunt), Ryan Eggold (BlacKkKlansman), Milauna Jemai Jackson (C’mon Man), Kario Marcel (Welcome to Harlem), Austin Scott (Hats Off), E. Roger Mitchell (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Amirah Vann (And So It Goes), Lauren Buglioli (Transference), Cody Pressley (The System)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Tyler Perry (A Fall from Grace), director, writer, producer; Aaron Zigman (The Notebook), composer; Brett Pawlak (Instant Family), cinematographer; Maysie Hoy (What Dreams May Come), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the American Deep South, a young Black jazz singer (Boone) leaves his rural town in search of fame. Over the next few decades, a story of forbidden love, betrayal, and devastating secrets will become linked to an unsolved murder investigation…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Tyler Perry returns with a true passion project that he’s been developing for over 25 years, which explores a tumultuous historical period through the power of jazz music.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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