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““it’s not nice?””

7.4(14)20231h 5m

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The lack of respect with which the Black musician Thelonious Monk was treated in Autumn, 1969. At the end of his European tour, legendary jazz musician Thelonious Monk appears on an interview show in Paris for French state television.

Director

Alain Gomis

Cast

Thelonious Monk

Self (archive footage)

Henri Renaud

Self (archive footage)

Nellie Monk

Self (archive footage)

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1 review

Geronimo1967

6mo ago

7.0

Using the rushes from an edition of a French television programme, this rather uncomfortably follows the appearance of acclaimed jazz musician Thelonious Monk on “Profiles of Jazz”. It’s hosted by Henri Renaud, himself a pianist, and what now ensues isn’t the easiest watch. I suppose the elephant in the room is whether or not the interviewer is actually treating Monk in a racist fashion, or whethe...