Barbara Thompson: Playing Against Time (2012)

For over forty years, virtuoso saxophonist/composer Barbara Thompson has been Britain's most brilliant and best-known female jazz musician. But in 1997, the same year that she received an MBE for her services to music, disaster struck. Barbara was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. This is the story of Barbara's inspiring and creative struggle with this disease, whose physical effects are particularly cruel, and visible, in the life of an improvising jazz musician.

Released

2012-02-19

Genres

Documentary, Music

Runtime

73 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Mike Dibb