Monk, Pannonica, an American story
- CFRT (FR)
- French
- English
Lukarn
Sandrine Frantz
sandrine.frantz@lukarn.fr
+336 61 89 04 58
Musicians : TS Monk Junior, Laurent de Wilde, Archie Shepp, Matthew Shipp, David Amram, William Parker, Ava Mendoza, Wadada Leo Smith, Roy Nathanson, Curtis Fowlkes
Narrator (Original version) : Jacques Goldstein
Actress : (Pannonica de Koenigswarter): Karin Melchert
Voices (Original version) : Moanda Daddy Kamono, Léonore Chaix, Jean-Baptiste Anoumon
Narrator (English version) : Kester Lovelace
Voices (English version) : Nate Goodwyn, Kim Heron, Khareme Lambie
Director of photography: Amandine Klee
Editor: Pia Dumont
Colorist : Raoul Nadalet
Sound editor: Angelo Dos Santos
FICTION: Director of photography: : Rae Lyn Lee
Production director : Philipp Reimer
Set designer: Audrey Dhyvert
Costume designer : Carmen Di Pinto
Make-up & hairstyling: Emilie Franco
Casting director: Nilton Martins
Animation supervisor: Nicolas Debray.
Following the discovery of a forgotten photo album filled with notes, the film tells the story of a meeting that breaks the narrow constraints of 1950s American society, between white aristocrat Pannonica de Koenigswarter, and talented black pianist Thelonious Monk. A meeting that takes place against the backdrop of this black musician’s struggle.
The photos and secret wishes of these struggling musicians, collected by the "Baroness of Jazz" in this stylish red leather notebook, portray the many difficulties they faced. Yet at a time when most of them were destitute, they invented a universal form of music: jazz. The film tells the story of this long journey from outcast to composer.
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