The Connection
Screening on Film
Directed by Shirley Clarke.
With William Redfield, Carl Lee, Roscoe Lee Brown.
US, 1961, 35mm, black & white, 103 min.
With William Redfield, Carl Lee, Roscoe Lee Brown.
US, 1961, 35mm, black & white, 103 min.
Decades before Sundance, a genuinely independent feature by maverick Shirley Clarke, from the Jack Gelber Off-Broadway drama. A bunch of junkies stand around waiting for "the man" while a documentarian (Redfield) films their activity. Every once in a while, some of the bunch play some jazz. One of these jazzmen (who appeared in the play) is sax maestro Jackie McLean.
