Film

The Pleasures of Being Out of Step

2013 · 1h 27m · Documentary

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

Metacritic

68

'Pleasures' profiles legendary jazz critic and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff, whose pioneering career tracks the greatest cultural and political movements of the last 65 years. The film is about an idea as well as a man - the idea of free expression as the defining characteristic of the individual. Hentoff is a pioneering journalist who raised jazz as an art form and was present at the creation of 'alternative' journalism. 'Pleasures' wraps the themes of liberty and identity around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patriot Act. With a mix of interviews, archival footage and music, it employs a complex non-linear structure to engage the audience in a life of independent ideas and the creation of an enduring voice.

Nat Hentoff

self

• David L. LewisDirector

Release date

April 3, 2013

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Documentary