Swinging films
Kansas city
In Kansas City, in 1934, Blondie, to free her husband prisoner of the leader of a black gang, kidnaps the wife of an influential politician …
Nominated for the Cannes film festival in 1996, this Robert Altman’s film is one of his best and absolutely magnificent: it is full of jazz that swings practically throughout the film: a superb cinema experience to live at the institute of the image on the big screen on June 4th !
Screening on June date TBD, 8 PM, in , salle Armand Lunel, at Institut de l’image, La Méjanes,

Selection of swinging films
The festival team and the Méjanes media library have selected fifteen films from the biggest names in cinema to perfect your swing culture, some of them will be screened in the auditorium and others in free access to the loan:
– Cotton club of Francis Ford Coppola (1984/127 min)
– Jimmy’s Hall by Ken Loach (2014) An Irishman back in the country puts on a dance hall and introduces the locals to Lindy Hop
– The Jungle Book
– The Aristocats
– Malcolm X by Spike Lee (1993) (choreographer: Ryan François)
– Stormy weather by Andrew L. Stone (1943): Lena Horne, Bill “Bonjangles” Robinson, Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra, Fats Waller, Nicholas Brothers
– Swing Kids by Thomas Carter (1992 / 1h52) with Julie Oram, godmother of the festival
– The Jazz Singer by Alan Crosland (1927) with Al Jolson (Black faces)
– The Spirit of St Louis by Billy Wilder (1957) with James Stewart
– …
Find these films on DVD at the library. A selection will be showed during the festival weekend
