Jazz on Film

June 7–22, 2024

Jazz on Film returns this June with screenings celebrating the various intersections of jazz and cinema. Organized by curator Peter Lucas, this 10th edition features a new restoration of the classic Chet Baker portrait Let’s Get Lost, the Houston premiere of the new documentary Elis and Tom, about the legendary bossa nova collaboration of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina, a 50th anniversary screening of Sun Ra’s Space Is the Place, two films illuminating the largely forgotten stories of women jazz artists of the 1930s and 1940s, and a program of animated short films made by John and Faith Hubley from the 1950s to the 1970s, and more!

Jazz on Film founder and curator Peter Lucas has organized exhibitions, film series, and public programs in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Menil Collection, Seattle International Film Festival, Northwest Film Forum, the Museum of Pop Culture, and Aurora Picture Show. Lucas is also a writer, podcaster, and multidisciplinary artist.