Presented in collaboration with City Parks Foundation.

Special programming

The screening follows a dance class session with The Lorenz Latin Dance Studio at 7:00pm

About the Film

The first major film statement on jazz and the granddaddy of festival films. Noted photographer Bert Stern filmed a virtual Who's Who of jazz and blues at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival: including Thelonius Monk, Louis Armstrong, Dinah Washington and Mahalia Jackson.
About Bert Stern
About Aram Avakian

About our Summer Series

During this annual series, AFF presents free programs throughout NYC, in public venues and city parks, including screenings of African cinema and family-friendly events such as the annual Family Day Celebration on Governors Island. Learn More