Monk & Pannonica: An American Story
Paris, 1954. The story of the meeting, known thanks to the fortuitous discovery of a forgotten notebook, full of notes and photographs, between a white British aristocrat, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, writer and jazz patron, and a talented black pianist, Thelonious Monk, one of the best bebop jazz musicians of all time; a prodigious union of wills that overcame the most extreme prejudices of the very conservative US society.
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Monk & Pannonica: An American Story
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Apr 24, 2022
Runtime
0h 55m
Genres
Documentary, History, TV Movie
User Score
80%
Original Title
Monk, Pannonica et les jazzmen
Production Companies
CFRT, a_BAHN, Histoire TV, ARTE GEIE, RSI
Director
Jacques Goldstein
Description
Paris, 1954. The story of the meeting, known thanks to the fortuitous discovery of a forgotten notebook, full of notes and photographs, between a white British aristocrat, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, writer and jazz patron, and a talented black pianist, Thelonious Monk, one of the best bebop jazz musicians of all time; a prodigious union of wills that overcame the most extreme prejudices of the very conservative US society.