 The Music’s Gonna Get You Through explores pianist Henry Butler’s impact on a group of blind and visually impaired teens who gather in New Orleans one summer to train with the master at his week long Creative Music and Jazz camp.
Henry Butler is not only a virtuoso jazz and blues artist, but also a passionate educator, photographer and advocate for disability rights. Drawing on his New Orleans heritage, extensive music study and experience making his way in the world as a blind black man, Henry crafts an eclectic curriculum that encourages his students to take themselves seriously and see the lessons in creating music/art as tools for survival against 60-70% unemployment rate in the visually challenged community.
The hour-long documentary begins during the camp's 2003 session and then travels across the U.S. to follow up with former campers and Henry as they use lessons from the camp to navigate life today. |
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"You'll want to see it twice."
- Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune
"The interaction between Butler and his students is extraordinarily genuine and touching."
- Tom Macom , Offbeat
"Very moving...it's nice to have New Orleans as a focus, but it's even better that the message is so universal."
- Scott Aiges, Director of Programs, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
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