A Documentary Film
Brubeck:
The Two Lane Road
The
Dave Brubeck Quartet
at
Wesleyan College: 1963
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SYNOPSIS
PROJECT TITLE:
Brubeck: The Two Lane Road ©
In May of
They came to a town lying in the heart of American Confederacy on the banks of Ocmulgee River. In the brewing caldron of the Civil Rights movement, the sounds of what was called “West Coast Cool” swath across the late spring air.
This is the introduction to a proposed documentary film on the performance by the legendary jazz group The Dave Brubeck Quartet at historic Wesleyan College in 1963. The private university was the site of a seminal moment in the history of the town and region.
A concept as alien to the area as that of being on the surface of Mars awaited the ticket holders, it was alien to those living in the Deep South of America: an integrated audience. Still, in a performance hall framed by Grecian columns reminiscent of the verandas of the anti-bellum homes, an audience both of Black and White listeners witnessed the same peering back at them from the concert stage, an integrated band. Moments of history are rarely chosen, they generally evolve from the moment itself; but this moment was just that, evolution...
The moment came and before the night was over, a community and lives were changed.
The story is told in documentary form. The events examined are the strange confluence of great historic moments that happened in 1963. Five great world-changing events occurred within days of Brubeck’s appearance in Macon. We see the day through the eyes of two people who witnessed the performance at Porter Auditorium. We hear about the impact of the Brubeck Quartet's “Jazz Goes to College tours:” how did it happen that the quartet came to Wesleyan to perform, and finally we hear Brubeck in his own words.
The film constitutes the vision of Jerrell Skinner. He has spent the last 17 years working in the motion picture and television production industry, and is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University’s Communications and Theatre Arts program. Having worked under numerous Academy, Emmy, and Peabody Award winning producers and directors, Skinner finally returns to his roots, his hometown of Macon, Georgia and the documentary film genre.
“The Brubeck project has been a passion of mine for over 20 years now said the project’s creator. “That’s where the title comes from, two lanes of life, people and situations passing, coming and going, divided by the two yellow no passing lines, never truly together, well not until that day.” He concludes: “It really changed the lives of many people in this area. There were groundbreaking moments, which occurred around the time frame of the performance changed lives around the world. I mean look at this way, there were so many people who’d never ever sat down next to each other but they did so on that day, after 220 years of both races living in this area that is amazing!”
Production Company:
Imaging Limited LLC.
P.O. Box 412
Macon, GA 31202-0412
478-718-4280 - Macon
818-281-9453 -
Los Angeles
Writer/Director:
Jerrell Skinner
Narrator:
Cheryl Palmer
Main Title Art:
Sharon Cobb
Courtesy of:
The Seattle
Post-Intelligencer Newsgroup
High definition
videography by:
Clarence Thomas, Jr.
Special Thanks to:
Stuart
Dodge
Michael
Apted
David
Rintels
Lisa
Lindstrom
Jon
Avnet
Beth
Polson
Lisa
Goodman
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