Journey through more than 45 years of legendary jazz and creative music through the lens of photographer Barbara Weinberg Barefield as she shares her photos, Detroit history, and stories with writer/historian/scholar Herb Boyd, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master/Art Ensemble of Chicago and AACM co-founder, composer/saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, and Detroit-based treasures, musicians/composers Wendell Harrison, Pamela Wise, Marion Hayden, Gayelynn McKinney and A. Spencer Barefield.
Following the film, a conversation held on Sept 25, 2020 is included with Barbara Barefield and:
The musical soundtrack includes music composed and performed by Roscoe Mitchell Sound Ensemble, ensembles led by Wendell Harrison, Pamela Wise Harrison, Marion Hayden, David Alan Grier, A. Spencer Barefield and Gayelynn McKinney (composed by her legendary father Harold McKinney), PUBLIQuartet and Sippie Wallace.
This documentary was created with the support of the Charles H. Wright Museum for African American History, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of the Knight Arts Challenge, Creative Arts Collective, and Rebirth, Inc. Film editor was Tonya Core, iwantchic.com For more information and to pre-order the book "JazzSpace Detroit" visit barbarabarefield.com/order-jazzspace-detroit-book