Furman Film Series: Finding Carlton: Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India
Directed by Susheel Kurien. US, 2012, 73 min.
How did jazz from America find a home in India ? And how did India respond to it? Filmmaker Kurien tells the universal, yet untold story, that begins with Depression era African American musicians journeying from Paris to Calcutta and Bombay. This captivating and unique 73-minute character driven film takes audiences on a richly
atmospheric journey into India’s little-known jazz age, which lasted from the 1920s to the 1970s, through a portrait of surviving Indian jazzman, the maverick guitarist Carlton Kitto, who chose to continue as a ‘gigging’ be-bop guitarist in the relative obscurity of Calcutta over emigration, commercial studio work or Bollywood. Speaker:
Director Susheel Kurien.
