CANCELLED DUE TO HEATING MALFUNCTIONS AT THE GRANGE HALL
December 9, 7 PM
The Grange Hall, West Tisbury

Dir. Matthew Heineman | Documentary | U.S.A. | 2023 | 1 hr. 40 min. | Rated PG-13

Followed by a prerecorded Zoom discussion with director Matthew Heineman

Early in 2022, multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste is nominated for eleven Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. In the midst of that triumph, he is immersed in his most ambitious challenge yet: composing “American Symphony,” an original work that thrillingly reimagines the classical traditions of the form, for a performance at Carnegie Hall. This extraordinary trajectory is broken, however, when his life partner, bestselling author Suleika Jaouad, learns that her long dormant cancer has returned. In this documentary portrait of two artists at a crossroads, Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land, The First Wave, Retrograde) delivers a moving, intimate meditation on art, love, and the creative process.