CinemaOSMovie · 2023 · 1h 43m

A Bright Nowhere: Journeying Into Improvisation

DocumentaryMusic

An important audio-visual record of a landmark series of four concerts staged in London in 2022 when more than 30 musicians joined improviser, percussionist and animateur Eddie Prévost to mark his 80th birthday. The film takes a close look at improvisers who create music in the moment, free from the authority of a composer, score or conductor. Ranging from profound delicacy to subversive atonality, the “awkward wealth” of this music raises vital questions about artistic freedom, individual responsibility and what it means for people to make music together in the 21st Century. Featuring performances by John Butcher, Sue Lynch, Ute Kanngiesser, Marjolaine Charbin, Nathan Moore, Seymour Wright, Veryan Weston, Alan Wilkinson, John Tilbury and Eddie Prévost amongst others. Plus readings by musician and author David Toop. The film includes the last ever concert by AMM, the pioneering improvising group co-founded by Eddie Prévost in the mid-1960s.

Directed byStewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Language
EN
Released
July 9, 2023
Studios
HajduKino Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Eddie Prévost

Sue Lynch

Ute Kanngiesser

John Butcher

Marjolaine Charbin

Nathan Moore

Seymour Wright

Veryan Weston

Alan Wilkinson

John Tilbury

Creative team
Directed by
Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz
Written by
David Toop
Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz

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