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I Called Him Morgan
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On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This documentary by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collin (My Name Is Albert Ayler) is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together. A film about love, jazz and America with cinematography by Bradford Young (DOP, Selma).
On a snowy night in February 1972, celebrated jazz musician Lee Morgan was shot dead by his wife Helen during a gig at a club in New York City. The murder sent shockwaves through the jazz community, and the memory of the event still haunts those who knew the Morgans. This documentary by Swedish filmmaker Kasper Collin (My Name Is Albert Ayler) is a love letter to two unique personalities and the music that brought them together. A film about love, jazz and America with cinematography by Bradford Young (DOP, Selma).
Actors:
Larry Ridley,
Ron St. Clair,
Jymie Merritt,
Larry Reni Thomas,
Jerry Schultz,
Albert Tootie Heath,
Charli Persip,
Billy Harper,
Lena Sherrod,
Paul West,
Helen Morgan,
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Larry Ridley
Ron St. Clair
Jymie Merritt
Larry Reni Thomas
Jerry Schultz
Albert Tootie Heath
Charli Persip
Billy Harper
Lena Sherrod
Paul West
Helen Morgan
Genre:
Drama, Documentary, History
Director:
Kasper Collin
Kasper Collin
Country:
United States, Sweden
Keywords:
#Al Harrison #Albert Tootie Heath #Bennie Maupin #Billy Harper #Helen Morgan #I Called Him Morgan #I Called Him Morgan (2016) #Judith Johnson #Jymie Merritt #Kasper Collin #Larry Reni Thomas #Lee Morgan #Paul West #Wayne Shorter
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May 02, 2017
It's rare that a film makes you feel so acutely in its brief run-time, covering albums and addictions alike, but I Called Him Morgan accomplishes just that.
March 30, 2017
Using a dazzling blend of cinematic tools, aural as well as visual, Collin recreates both individual lives and an entire world.
April 07, 2017
Morgan's relationship with Helen was so star-crossed and layered it's a mystery why the story hasn't yet been made into a biopic.
July 28, 2017
Collin's exceptional, atmospheric film avoids the hysteria and hyperbole of similar true crime documentaries to usher this delicate story in with a palpable sense of sorrow rather than a desire to retroactively point the finger of justice.
September 15, 2017
[I Called Him Morgan is] a film that is more than just another story about a flawed artist who dies young. You have something that is far closer to a work of art.
October 11, 2017
I Called Morgan is a dexterous work of fusion: it's jazz history meets true crime. And it's fascinating.
April 21, 2017
"I Called Him Morgan" works as a jazz documentary as well as a bizarre true crime tale about a mysterious crime of passion. All these years later, many questions remain.
September 08, 2017
It's Helen's story that truly fascinates.
April 14, 2017
Collin's approach to this incendiary material is both blatant and oblique - a bit like Lee's playing itself. Thankfully, we hear quite a bit of that playing in the film.
March 30, 2017
Musicians sometimes paraphrase Debussy, or one another, in saying that music is the silence between the notes. I Called Him Morgan has it all -- the notes and the silence, plus the music of spoken language, pitched in rueful tones of recollection.
April 26, 2017
Ultimately, Collin's film is one of forgiveness.
November 16, 2017
This is, like Tracy Chapman's song 'Fast Car,' a quintessential American story, full of promise, hope, heartbreak, tragedy and racism. It is a tragic, confounding and touching story, well told.