JBFC Sounds of Summer Series 2025
JBFC Sounds of Summer Series 2025
The Jacob Burns Film Center’s Annual Sounds of Summer Series kicks off on July 3 with a screening of Ron Delsener Presents along with a Q&A with the legendary concert promoter. The series runs through September 7 and features 15 documentaries and concert films of everyone from rock pioneer Chuck Berry to Gen X band The Dandy Warhols. Here’s a few we think are really special.
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Ron Delsner Presents
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Ron Delsner Presents Ron Delsner Presents chronicles the career of legendary club promoter Ron Delsner was the name behind virtually every iconic concert in the New York area beginning with The Beatles at Forest Hills […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: The Doors Final Cut
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: The Doors Final Cut Oliver Stone’s musical portrait of The Doors features a soundtrack of over twenty-five songs from The Doors’ catalogue, and charts Morrison’s turbulent relationship with his muse Pamela Courson (Meg Ryan), […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Deconstructing Rubber Soul
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Deconstructing Rubber Soul Composer/producer Scott Freiman walks Beatles fans young and old through the creation of Rubber Soul with rare audio and video from the studio and the stage. Listen as classic tracks like “Norwegian […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: The Doors Final Cut
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: The Doors Final Cut Oliver Stone’s musical portrait of The Doors features a soundtrack of over twenty-five songs from The Doors’ catalogue, and charts Morrison’s turbulent relationship with his muse Pamela Courson (Meg Ryan), […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Buena Vista Social Club
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Buena Vista Social Club Wim Wenders’s Academy Award-nominated documentary follows the fairy tale rise of these Cuban musicians from Havana to Carnegie Hall. Jacob Burns Film Center
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Immediate Family
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Immediate Family Directed by Denny Tedesco, whose documentary The Wrecking Crew chronicled a group of studio musicians who performed on so many of the greatest hits of the 60s, Immediate Family folows the careers of […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Buena Vista Social Club
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer: Buena Vista Social Club Wim Wenders’s Academy Award-nominated documentary follows the fairy tale rise of these Cuban musicians from Havana to Carnegie Hall. Jacob Burns Film Center
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Immediate Family
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Immediate Family Directed by Denny Tedesco, whose documentary The Wrecking Crew chronicled a group of studio musicians who performed on so many of the greatest hits of the 60s, Immediate Family folows the careers of […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Stop Making Sense
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Stop Making Sense Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film Stop Making Sense from renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll In 1986, Keith Richards invited a roster of great musicians to honor Chuck Berry for an evening of music to commemorate Berry’s 60th birthday including performances by […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Stop Making Sense
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Stop Making Sense Newly restored in 4K to coincide with its 40th anniversary, the 1984 film Stop Making Sense from renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme is considered by critics as the greatest concert film of […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll In 1986, Keith Richards invited a roster of great musicians to honor Chuck Berry for an evening of music to commemorate Berry’s 60th birthday including performances by […]
Jacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Elvis: That’s the Way It Is
Jacob Burns Film CenterJacob Burns Sounds of Summer Series: Elvis: That’s the Way It Is This feature-length concert film crosses the footlights, revealing the legendary as The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll prepares for an emotional return to the concert stage and a […]
JBFC Sounds of Summer: The Last Waltz
Jacob Burns Film CenterJBFC Sounds of Summer: The Last Waltz Martin Scorcese captures The Band’s farewell concert that included more than a dozen guests—from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Muddy Waters to Van Morrison, the Staple Singers, Joni Mitchell, and Eric Clapton—and the […]
JBFC Sounds of Summer Series: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune…
Jacob Burns Film CenterJBFC Sounds of Summer Series: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune… From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the struggles of workers, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote topical songs that engaged his audiences in the issues of the 1960s and […]
JBFC Sounds of Summer: The Last Waltz
Jacob Burns Film CenterJBFC Sounds of Summer: The Last Waltz Martin Scorcese captures The Band’s farewell concert that included more than a dozen guests—from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Muddy Waters to Van Morrison, the Staple Singers, Joni Mitchell, and Eric Clapton—and the […]
JBFC Sounds of Summer Series: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune…
Jacob Burns Film CenterJBFC Sounds of Summer Series: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune… From civil rights to the anti-war movement to the struggles of workers, folksinger Phil Ochs wrote topical songs that engaged his audiences in the issues of the 1960s and […]
JBFC: Sounds of Summer Series: Stepping Into the Unknown
Jacob Burns Film CenterJBFC: Sounds of Summer Series: Stepping Into the Unknown Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins will share an all-new collection of rare Dylan films. Jacob Burns Film Center
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