Eddie Warmack, an African American jazz musician, is released from prison for the killing of a white gangster. Not willing to play for the mobsters who control the music industry, including clubs and recording studios, Warmack searches for his mentor and grandfather, the legendary jazz musician Poppa Harris.
Direction
Larry Clark's hypnotic, non-linear storytelling.
Cinematography
Mingus-blue shadows and smoke-drenched club interiors.
Score
Horace Tapscott's free jazz that IS the narrative.
Director
Larry Clark
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Larry Clark shot this UCLA thesis film for under $30,000, smuggling equipment after hours.
Part of the L.A. Rebellion movement that rejected Blaxploitation for experimental Black cinema—this is literally syllabus material.
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