Black Orpheus PG
Sat 1 May 8.30pm
This 1959 Cannes Palme d'Or winner recasts the classic Orpheus and Eurydice myth against the excess of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. The film's soundtrack introduced jazz hipsters to the bossa nova and was a huge influence on artists such as Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd who covered various numbers featured in the film.

The Jazz Baroness unclassified 18+
Sun 2 May 6pm
Narrated by Helen Mirren, this compelling documentary uses rare archival footage and interviews with jazz luminaries to tell the offbeat love story between British heiress Pannonica Rothschild (who remarkably had 20 songs dedicated to her by various jazz musicians) and the father of modern jazz, Thelonious Monk.

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