The Pan-African Film Festival Presents

The story of musician Max Roach, whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him. His stunningly diverse seven-decade career marked him as one of the great musical artists of the 20th century—and a pioneering cultural activist—at times when the nation was steeped in racism. Viewers follow Roach across a rich and complicated life, days of now-legendary achievement and also deep personal struggle, and the price he paid for his outspoken views. Commentary by Max Roach, Quincy Jones, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Sonny Rollins.