TONIGHT, the curtain will come down of the trinidad+- tobago film festival’s (ttff) Community Cinergy open air cinema series, sponsored by bpTT, with the screening of Miles Ahead at the San Fernando Hill, at 7 pm. The film is expected to bring to life the legendary jazz musician Miles Davis (1926 – 1991), who was at the forefront of a number of major stylistic developments in jazz over his five-decade career.
This series started with the airing of All Oceans Blue on April 1, a documentary on famed TT sailor Harold La Borde, that was held at the TT Sailing Association, Chaguaramas, and a week later, at Lange Park Recreation Grounds in Chaguanas, the airing of The World of Goopi and Bagha, an animation film in Hindi.

Johanna Thomas, public relations and marketing co-ordinator at the ttff said the ttff celebrates films from and about the Caribbean and its diaspora, as well as from world cinema, through an annual festival and year-round screenings.

She said the ttff seeks to facilitate the growth of Caribbean cinema by offering a wide-ranging industry programme and networking opportunities.

Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival presents Community Cinergy 2017: Miles Ahead. A movie from the 1970’s on a jazz musician, Miles David. Movie: 18 + years, Admission: Free.

When the trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) pulls into San Fernando Hill this Saturday, April 15 to screen Miles Ahead, about famed jazz musician Miles Davis, you can expect one heck of a ride.

This is, after all, a focus on the heydey of jazz – with its wild parties, fights, infidelity, copious sex and drugs, but most of all – wonderful music made by troubled, yet talented, geniuses.

The movie is being screened as part of the ttff’s Community Cinergy Series – a free outdoor cinema experience, sponsored by bpTT.

Acclaimed around the world for his musical genius and innovation, Miles Davis (1926 – 1991) was at the forefront of a number of major stylistic developments in jazz over his five-decade career, and is considered to be among the most influential and celebrated figures in the history of jazz.

Born into an affluent middle-class African-American family, his father, Miles Dewey Davis II, was a successful dental surgeon, and his mother Cleota Mae, a music teacher and violinist. They owned a 200-acre estate and a profitable pig farm where Davis and his siblings rode horses, fished, and hunted. His later music career would seem far removed from this childhood idyll and become marked by hard times, controversy and drug addiction. Indeed, by his own account, Davis was at one point snorting four or five grams of coke a day, while also smoking four packs of cigarettes – a practice that would wreck havoc on his voice and his health.

Tobago Jazz Film Festival 2017 on YouTube.

 

THE trinidad+tobago film (ttff) festival heads back outside in April for three nights of open air cinema in Chaguaramas, Chaguanas and San Fernando, as part of its Community Cinergy Series, sponsored by bpTT.
The films, featuring creative geniuses who push the boundaries of “bold-facedness” and daring, are free, and offer a great night out under the stars for friends and families.

Films include an animation in Hindi with English subtitles suitable for all ages, a fictional narrative about jazz-legend, Miles Davis, and All Oceans Blue – a documentary made by and about the around-the world-adventures of local seafarer, Harold La Borde.

The trinidad+tobago film festival (ttff) heads back outside in April, for three nights of open air cinema in Chaguaramas, Chaguanas and San Fernando, as part of its Community Cinergy Series, sponsored by bpTT.

The films, featuring creative geniuses who push the boundaries of bold-facedness and daring, are free and offer a great night out under the stars for friends and families.

Films include an animation in Hindi with English subtitles suitable for all ages; a fictional narrative about jazz legend Miles Davis; and All Oceans Blue, a documentary made by and about the around-the world-adventures of local seafarer, Harold LaBorde.