Practice Makes Perfect
11 min
2012US
Documentary
User Score
Overview
The film is primarily a portrait of Kam Kelly, who teaches West African drumming to students at various New York schools, including Intermediate School 292 in Brooklyn. One of his students, Jessica Jackson, is featured. The piece was commissioned for the “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2012.
Movie cast
Kam Kelly
Himself
Jessica Jackson
Herself
Recommendations
Tunisia Clash
When We Were Kings
Pigface: Free for All
Soldier
Africa Rising
The Road Forward
There Is No Authority But Yourself
Nothing Else Matters
Chasing the Sound
The Miracle of Candeal
The Concert for Bangladesh
Double Around the Interlude
The Rumba Kings
Under African Skies: Ethiopia
The Scientist of Sound
Rock School
Rumba Rules, New Genealogies
El Batería
Fred the Film
Milford Graves Full Mantis