THE STORY
Photo by Maciej Sochor
Passion documents the unraveling mystery of the iconoclastic but little known Polish violinist and composer Zbigniew Seifert. His life is revealed and illuminated-thirty years after his demise-- by another musician, jazz violinist Zach Brock, whose conception of jazz composition was blown apart by Zbigniew when he happened upon a bargain-bin LP at a used record shop in Chicago.
From the States to Poland, Zach re-traces Zbigniew's steps, introducing us along the way to those who knew him, from jazz great John Scofield to Polish superstar Tomasz Stanko to his widow, Agnieszka Seifert Beck.
The film chronicles a double odyssey: the voyage of the artist Zbigniew Seifert, whose voice was cut short in his 32nd year, and the voyage of the artist Zach Brock, whose voice is growing in strength in this, his 32nd year, both men linked by a passion for violin and a passion for jazz.
Passion captures the players on this journey by tracking down those who knew and loved Zbigniew, meeting them in venues that awaken and stir their memories, set within the Jazz world of Poland, Germany, and New York. Provoked by Zach's impassioned desire to learn what they know, the movie is an opportunity for musicians across the globe to come together and pierce the veils drawn by time. Together they will render a fresh picture of a lost life.
It is furthermore Zach's intention with the support of Zbigniew's widow to uncover and re-master previously unreleased recordings by Seifert.
Reconstructing the life of an artist racing against mortality to achieve self-expression, Zach awakens in us the question of our own immanent desires by challenging his own.
Passion will be a testament to the world that affirms, through Zbigniew Seifert, the irrepressibility of human creativity and the phenomenon of a universal expression that transcends nationality and time.
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Photo by Maciej Sochor
Passion documents the unraveling mystery of the iconoclastic but little known Polish violinist and composer Zbigniew Seifert. His life is revealed and illuminated-thirty years after his demise-- by another musician, jazz violinist Zach Brock, whose conception of jazz composition was blown apart by Zbigniew when he happened upon a bargain-bin LP at a used record shop in Chicago.
From the States to Poland, Zach re-traces Zbigniew's steps, introducing us along the way to those who knew him, from jazz great John Scofield to Polish superstar Tomasz Stanko to his widow, Agnieszka Seifert Beck.
The film chronicles a double odyssey: the voyage of the artist Zbigniew Seifert, whose voice was cut short in his 32nd year, and the voyage of the artist Zach Brock, whose voice is growing in strength in this, his 32nd year, both men linked by a passion for violin and a passion for jazz.
Passion captures the players on this journey by tracking down those who knew and loved Zbigniew, meeting them in venues that awaken and stir their memories, set within the Jazz world of Poland, Germany, and New York. Provoked by Zach's impassioned desire to learn what they know, the movie is an opportunity for musicians across the globe to come together and pierce the veils drawn by time. Together they will render a fresh picture of a lost life.
It is furthermore Zach's intention with the support of Zbigniew's widow to uncover and re-master previously unreleased recordings by Seifert.
Reconstructing the life of an artist racing against mortality to achieve self-expression, Zach awakens in us the question of our own immanent desires by challenging his own.
Passion will be a testament to the world that affirms, through Zbigniew Seifert, the irrepressibility of human creativity and the phenomenon of a universal expression that transcends nationality and time.
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