Overview
Celebrate Max Roach’s centennial with a screening of the new documentary Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes at the Newark Museum of Art. Afterwards, a panel discussion will include Max’s son Raoul Roach, daughter Dara Roach and the film’s director-producers Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro.
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes explores the life and music of the legendary drummer, composer, bandleader and social activist through a remarkable series of creative peaks, struggles and personal reinventions — from the Jim Crow era to the Civil Rights years, surveying the heady days of post-war modern jazz to hip hop and beyond.
in partnership with The Newark Museum of Art