Double featured (2 movies for the price of just one!) with the fabulous Shirley Clarke doc ORNETTE COLEMAN:  MADE IN AMERICA!  Thank you OUTPOST PERFORMANCE SPACE and their 19th ANNUAL NM JAZZ FEST 2025!

The closest a film camera ever got to enigmatic jazz visionary Thelonious Monk, this intimate portrait sheds light on the corners of a brilliant and complex life. Superbly crafted by Direct Cinema pioneer Charlotte Zwerin from a trove of precious 1960s archival footage, Thelonious Monk Straight, No Chaser captures the pianist, composer, and bebop innovator in rare, unguarded moments on- and offstage, revealing an eccentric and complicated personality. Made with the same freedom of spirit that defines Monk’s artistry, this essential slice of jazz history is a unique glimpse into the quixotic world of one of the twentieth century’s most revolutionary artists.

"Essential for both its improvisatory look at Thelonious Monk and its implicit reflection on the ethics of portraiture." — Clayton Dillard, Slant Magazine

"A lively and loving tribute to the genius of Thelonious Monk." — TV Guide