Passing Through
United States
1977
105 Min
Color
English
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Joshua Dysart
15Dec11
The narrative is contrived and the story wandering, but the art direction, photography, editing, sound mixing and overall directorial vision are astounding. No other film that I've ever seen captures the power of jazz and its role in the African American fight for equality like this film does. A spectacular artistic document of a movement, a people and a music.
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An artistic document of a struggle, a people and a music...
By Joshua Dysart on December 15, 2011
A study of music as cultural identity and the black struggle, all dressed up in the lazy guise of a blaxploitation flick (really it’s
more of a jazzsploitation flick). The narrative is contrived… read review
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