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DVD: $20.99
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Directed By: Katja Duregger
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Release Date: 2008-12-03
Running Time: 1:56
Content Rating: GA (General Audience)
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DVD Region: All Regions
Media Format: NTSC-DVD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Audio Language(s): English
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Genres: Documentary >> Music :: Documentary >> Biography :: Gay & Lesbian Influences: Step across the border // Touch the sound // May Deren |
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The New Yorker Fred Hersch is one of the best pianists and composers of contemporary Jazz. His musical work is remarkable, and so is his way of life.
Hersch, now 53 years old, has been HIV positive for twenty years. His disease progressed to AIDS only a few years ago. He was one of the first Jazz musicians who 1994 publicly came out as gay and HIV-positive.
Openly and well-humoured, he speaks on this DVD about his life, his career with all its ups and downs and about his music - the vital force that empowers him to live with his illness.
Filmmaker Katja Duregger has followed Fred Hersch over a period of two years. She shot much of the material by herself, which enabled her to produce a very intimate and moving portrait of this exceptional musician.