ShadowandAct.com's Film Review of "The Queen's Suite" Documentary
Sergio Mims, a Chicago based writer and film critic for Shadow and Act has seen the film and written a review!
Back in June, we profiled on S & A, a new short film documentary in post-production entitled "The Queen’s Suite", by London based filmmaker Corine Dhondee. It chronicles a young British jazz musician and arranger Peter Edwards who recreated and performed with a hand picked jazz orchestra, one of jazz master Duke Ellington’s forgotten works, "The Queen’s Suite".
Dhondee was inspired to make the film after attending an open rehearsal of the work in 2008. Not only was she won over by the music, but it was also the inspiring story of an extremely talented young Black British man who was equally inspired by an important yet forgotten piece of black art and culture.