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Keep On Keepin' On, Part of the Winter Series at the Carolina Theatre

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Thursday, January 15, 2015
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Winter Series

The Winter Series at the Carolina Theatre is now part of the Full Frame Road Show presented by PNC! All films in our Winter Series are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Seating is first come, first served. No ticket is required. Films start at 7:30PM, doors open at 7:00PM.Shot over the course of five years by first time filmmaker Al Hicks, KEEP ON KEEPIN¿ ON depicts the remarkable story of 93-year-old jazz legend Clark Terry. A living monument to the Golden Era of Jazz, Terry ¿ a mentor to Miles Davis ¿ is among the few performers ever to have played in both Count Basie¿s and Duke Ellington¿s bands. In the 1960¿s, he broke the color barrier as the first African-American staff musician at NBC ¿ on ¿The Tonight Show¿.Today, after a life spent working with and teaching the most totemic figures in jazz history, Terry continues to attract and cultivate budding talents. KEEP ON KEEPIN¿ ON highlights his friendship with the preternaturally gifted Justin Kauflin, a blind, 23-year-old piano prodigy who suffers from debilitating stage fright. Not long after Kauflin is invited to compete in an elite Jazz competition, Terry¿s health takes a turn for the worse. As the clock ticks, we see two friends confront the toughest challenges of their lives.

Type: MOVIE/FILM