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Jun 25, 2014 · The Pleasures of Being Out of Step. Filmmaker David L. Lewis covers the life of Nat Hentoff, who began his writing career as a jazz columnist and editor and later branched out to cover social and ...
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- David L. Lewis
Synopsis. 'Pleasures' profiles legendary jazz critic and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff, whose pioneering career tracks the greatest cultural and political movements of the last 65 years. The film is about an idea as well as a man - the idea of free expression as the defining characteristic of the individual.
Jun 25, 2014 · The Pleasures of Being Out of Step: Directed by David L. Lewis. With Andre Braugher, Nat Hentoff, Dan Morgenstern. 'Pleasures' profiles legendary jazz critic and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff, whose pioneering career tracks the greatest cultural and political movements of the last 65 years.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- David L. Lewis
- 2014-06-25
Jun 25, 2014 · The movie is also enlivened by a lot of fantastic archival footage, and again here the range is remarkable. Not many films boost cameos from both William F. Buckley and Thelonious Monk. Advertisement. Despite his rep as “Always itching for a fight,” Hentoff here comes off as pretty mild mannered, and indeed his equanimity in speaking is ...
Nov 16, 2013 · David L. Lewis provides an introduction in The Pleasures of Being Out of Step, a sharp-looking and enjoyable doc that celebrates the writer’s legacy but, in its willfully obscure structure ...
Jun 25, 2014 · Nat Hentoff is one of the enduring voices of the last 65 years, a writer who championed jazz as an art form and who also led the rise of 'alternative' journalism in America. This unique documentary wraps the themes of liberty, identity and free expression around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patriot Act. At the core of the film are three extraordinary ...
Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 18, 2014. Stooped at almost 90 but feisty and humor-filled as ever, Hentoff presides over a film rich in the sounds and occasional sights of legendary ...
