David (1961)

During the fertile early years of Drew Associates following the breakthrough of Primary, came this seldom-seen portrait of David Allen, a jazz trumpeter struggling in the Santa Monica drug rehabilitation center Synanon House. Pennebaker’s love of music drew him to David and the film prefigures later portraits such as Dont Look Back. He teamed with Life photographer William Ray and producer Gregory Shuker.

Released

1961-01-01

Genres

Documentary, Music

Runtime

50 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

William Ray, Gregory Shuker, D. A. Pennebaker