For the conclusion of our 5- part series, Film @ The Carr Presents … “Jazz on Film” Curators and Co-hosts, Carr Center Resident Artist Juanita Anderson and Guest Curator, Marcus Turner Black music as inspiration and theme in dramatic storytelling.

The last film of the prestigious and well-received series will be, Songs For My Right Side, a film by Jeffrey C. Wray & Tama Hamilton-Wray (Jazzy Tam Films, USA, 2020)

In the film we meet Rodger Smith who is in pain and who has caused plenty of hurt. The fate of two recently encountered young black people occupy his thoughts. An undocumented West African longing for home crosses his path. Most of all, he wants his estranged wife Josephine to come back home. All the while, a mysterious pain takes over the right side of his body. Only music can soothe his troubled soul. 

Immediately following the screening will  be a live chat between the co-hosts and  Director/Writer Jeffrey C. Wray, Producer Tama Hamilton-Wray, Composer Kris Johnson and  Singer/Songwriter Yellowkake.