Millennium x Alfreda's Cinema presents: Tony Williams in Africa
Fri, Aug 12
|Millennium Film Workshop
This 37-minute short follows American jazz drummer Tony Williams to Senegal and features Super 8mm footage of Williams jamming outdoors with West African drummers


Time & Location
Aug 12, 2022, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Millennium Film Workshop, 167 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA
Guests
About the event
Presented in Collaboration with , Willie Ruff’s newly restored documentary, came from the director’s interest in African talking drums. “The 37-minute short follows American jazz drummer Tony Williams to Senegal and features Super 8mm footage of Williams jamming outdoors with West African drummers as locals look on, as well as 16mm footage of Williams, Ruff, and pianist Dwike Mitchell sharing music and images from the Senegal trip with New Haven school children...William's friends would say, the musician came to see the film as “the most important legacy he left.”Alfreda's CinemaTony Williams in Africa
This film has been preserved by the Yale Film Archive, and is presented courtesy of the Yale Film Archive.
Tickets
Advance Screening ticket
Present this ticket at the Box Office the night of the screening.
$5.00
+$0.13 ticket service fee
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