For members at the Explore category and above, tickets will become available two weeks before the screening date, starting at 10:30 a.m. Additional tickets will be available to members and the general public one week before the screening date, also at 10:30 a.m. Please note that space is extremely limited and tickets will be in high demand.
American Symphony. 2023. USA. Directed by Matt Heineman. DCP. Courtesy Netflix. 90 min.
“Early in 2022, multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste finds himself the most celebrated artist of the year with eleven Grammy nominations, including Album of the Year. In the midst of that triumph, Jon is immersed in his most ambitious challenge yet: composing ‘American Symphony,’ an original symphony that reimagines the classical traditions of the form, bringing together an expansive and inclusive diaspora of music for a performance at Carnegie Hall. This extraordinary trajectory is upended, however, when Batiste’s life partner—best-selling author Suleika Jaouad—learns that her long dormant cancer has returned. Director Matthew Heineman delivers a portrait of two inimitable artists at a crossroads, and a profound meditation on art, love, and the creative process” (2023 Hamptons Film Festival notes).