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KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON - newportFILM Outdoors presented by Kirby Perkins Construction & in partnership with BridgeFest

Join newportFILM, BridgeFest & The Preservation Society of Newport County on the lawn of Marble House for this incredible Jazz documentary...

Suggested Donation: $5
RSVP at: http://bit.ly/1mFoje7

KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON
Presented by Kirby Perkins Construction
In partnership with BridgeFest & The Preservation Society of Newport County
Marble House, 596 Bellevue Avenue, Newport 

Film begins at sunset (approx. 8:15PM)

- Pre-film music
- Post-film Q&A with director Alan Hicks
- Free bike valet courtesy of Bike Newport
- Tallulah on Thames taco cart & Le Petit Gourmet will be on-site selling food
- Picnics welcome

Suggested Donation: $5
RSVP at: http://bit.ly/1mFoje7

Watch trailer: http://bit.ly/1mFoje7

Rain Venue: Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro Street, Newport

About the film:
First-time director/drummer from Australia, Alan Hicks, convinced his surfing mate and cinematographer, Adam Hart, to travel to the U.S. to follow and film 89-year-old jazz legend, Clark Terry (Quincy Jones's first teacher) over four years - to document an unlikely mentorship between Terry and a driven, blind piano prodigy, Justin Kauflin, 23. Clark, now 93, mentored Miles Davis as a young musician and is among the few performers ever to have played in both Count Basie's and Duke Ellington's bands. The film, from the producer of The Cove and Chasing Ice, captures the passing of the torch from a cultural icon to potentially his last student, inspiring viewers in climactic, cinematic fashion.

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