On a rest during the 1962 Antibes

International Jazz Fest, a French film

crew—headed by “New Wave” film

director Pierre Beloit—seeks to

capture the combustive essence of 31

year-old bassist/composer Marion

Bailey.

Left unfinished for over sixty years,

the restored 16MM reel offers a

glimpse into the psyche of a Black

musician at a time not so unfamiliar to

our own in its discardment of its

greatest poets. Herein, Bailey unveils

his new approach to an almost

thankless music—one relegated to the

background of life in the West and at

the mercy of the mainstream.