

Rewind & Play
“it’s not nice?”
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.
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- Language
- English
- composer
- archive footage
- found footage
- old footage
- portrait of an artist
- music documentary
- male pianist
- maestro
- biographical documentary
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United StatesUS
- PremiereBlackStar Film Festival7 Aug 2022
- PremiereCamden International Film Festival18 Sept 2022
- PremiereNew York Film Festival8 Oct 2022
- PremiereAFI Fest3 Nov 2022
United KingdomGB
- PremiereEdinburgh International Film Festival14 Aug 2022
- PremiereDoc'n Roll Film Festival2 Nov 2022
- PremiereLeeds International Film Festival4 Nov 2022
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival17 Aug 2022
CanadaCA
- PremiereDOXA Documentary Film Festival5 May 2022
AustriaAT
- PremiereVienna International Film Festival21 Oct 2022
BelgiumBE
- PremiereFilm Festival Ghent12 Oct 2022
- PremiereBrussels Art Film Festival13 Nov 2022
BrazilBR
- PremiereIn-Edit Brasil18 Jun 2022
Burkina FasoBF
- PremiereFespaco Festival1 Mar 2023
DenmarkDK
- PremiereCPH DOX27 Mar 2022
FranceFR
- TVArte13 Sept 2022
- Theatrical (limited)11 Jan 2023
- PhysicalDVD16 May 2023
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival15 Feb 2022
- PremiereDOK.fest Munich8 May 2022
- TVArte13 Sept 2022
IcelandIS
- PremiereReykjavik International Film Festival30 Sept 2022
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Rewind & Play was released on 11 January 2023.
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CinemaSerf
10/19/2025
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 whether it’s a combination…
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