NEW WAVE II FOREWORD WRITTEN BY BRITISH DIRECTOR MIKE LEIGH OBE…

25 Aug NEW WAVE II FOREWORD WRITTEN BY BRITISH DIRECTOR MIKE LEIGH OBE…

Moochin’ About is very proud and honoured to announce legendary British director Mike Leigh has kindly written a foreword to the new Jazz On Film…The New Wave II release…  The New Wave II,which is the sequel to Moochin’ About’s stunning 2013 release (that focused mostly on the French New Wave), The New Wave II takes a more global perspective on the range of cinematic ‘New Waves’ that sprang up in the 1950s and through the 1960s. Despite the different national contexts of Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Argentina, and the United States, these independent, youth-centred film movements all embraced jazz soundtracks as part of their involvement with social and cultural change. so who better than a purveyor of such classic films such as, Bleak Moments, High Hopes, Life is Sweet, Naked, Secrets & Lies, Career Girls, Vera Drake & Mr Turner to provide the opening lines…

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