Director Abraham Ravett joins us in person for a post-film discussion.
FORGOTTEN TENOR pays tribute to Wardell Gray, considered by many one of the greatest and most unheralded tenor saxophonists in American Black Classical Music.
Utilizing a combination of rare archival footage, family photographs, memorabilia and conversations with his family and colleagues, the film attempts to resurrect the presence of this great musician and pay tribute to his accomplishments.
Pictured above: Wardell Gray & Stan Hasselgård
Abraham Ravett holds a BFA and MFA in filmmaking and photography and has been an independent filmmaker for the past forty years. He was born in Poland and raised in Israel and the U.S.A. Abraham has received grants for his work from the Massachusetts Cultural Council; National Foundation for Jewish Culture: Fund for Documentary Filmmaking; National Endowment for the Arts; The Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities; The Japan Foundation; The LEF Foundation; The Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation; and a 1994 filmmaking fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
His films have been screened internationally, including at several one-person shows at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. His work won “Top Prize” at the Viennale 2000, Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Onion City Film/Video Festival. A retrospective of Ravett's films was shown at the WRO Art Center, Wroclw , Poland and at the 2014 Festival Film Dokumenter Yogyakarta, Indonesia. A mini retrospective was recently shown at the 2024 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. Abraham teaches at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA .
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