Above: Promotional graphic for the film, "Round Midnight"

Join us on November 23rd starting at 2:30pm, for the Friday Talking Pictures Film Series, featuring a post-film discussion lead by guest speaker Professor Pierre Désir. The film playing this week is "Round Midnight" starring Dexter Gordon, François Cluzet and Gabrielle Haker.

About the Film:
In "Round Midnight," real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner, a musician slowly losing the battle with alcoholism, estranged from his family, and hanging on by a thread in the 1950's New York jazz world.

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