When It Rains
This beautifully inflected 12-minute jazz fable by Charles Burnett is close to the feeling of Killer of Sheep, his first feature, though the poetic narration represents a real departure. This is one of those rare movies in which jazz forms directly influence film narrative: set in Los Angeles, the slender plot involves a good Samaritan trying to raise money from ghetto neighbors for a young mother who’s about to be evicted, and each person he goes to see registers like a separate solo chorus in a 12-bar blues.
-Jonathan Rosenbaum
USA
12'
1995
12'
1995
Script
Charles Burnett
Charles Burnett
Production
Chantal Bernheim
Jon Oh
Chantal Bernheim
Jon Oh
Cast
Ayuko Babu
Barbara Bayless
Billy Woodberry
Brittany Bracy
Charles Bracy
Damon Ray Ritchie
Florence Bracy
John Rier
Juno Lewis
Kenny Merritt
Sandy Shaw
Soul
Ayuko Babu
Barbara Bayless
Billy Woodberry
Brittany Bracy
Charles Bracy
Damon Ray Ritchie
Florence Bracy
John Rier
Juno Lewis
Kenny Merritt
Sandy Shaw
Soul
Music
Stephen James Taylor
Stephen James Taylor
Festivals
21st Festival on Wheels
4- Jazz Goes To Movies
21st Festival on Wheels
4- Jazz Goes To Movies