31 Jan 2017
Cairo Jazzman
A documentary about Cairo Jazz Festival's Amr Salah and his struggle every year to bring people and arts together in a country where 70% of people are under 30 and the Officials do not care about culture too much.
Cool
Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became known as cool jazz.
1h 0min
Top Billed Cast
Dizzy Gillespie Self
Chet Baker Self
Charlie Parker Self
Dave Brubeck 
Miles Davis Self
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