One Note At a Time – World Premiere - New Orleans Film Festival

NEW ORLEANS - Sept. 26, 2016 - PRLog -- …"One Note at a Time" will have its World Premiere at the New Orleans Film Festival on Sunday, October 16 at 4:00pm. The feature length documentary by Renee Edwards is part of the 'Made In Louisiana' film series and will screen on the Entergy Giant Screen at the Audubon Aquarium of Americas. The venue is located at 1 Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130. Tickets are $9.00 for members and $12.00 for non-members of the New Orleans Film Society. For tickets call 504-309-6633.

"One Note at a Time" pays homage to the musicians who courageously return to New Orleans in the aftermath of the catastrophic flooding of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. They return specifically to resuscitate the music scene and save the legacy of rich musical heritage in their hometown. This is their story, told in their own words. It is also the story of the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic, evolving into the New Orleans Musicians' Assistance Foundation, whose mission continues to keep New Orleans' culture ALIVE by providing health case, social services and wellness outreach programs to overcome New Orleans' dire health disparity.

Filmed over the course of four years ,"One Note At a Time" includes interviews with Grammy awards winner Dr. John; Irma Thomas, the 'Soul Queen of New Orleans; jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins; Ben Jaffe of Preservation Hall; and British born Trad Jazz drummer, Barry Martyn. Some of the final interviews and performances, by Crescent City icons, include bassist Walter Payton, Jr.; composer, arranger and bandleader Wardell Quezergue, considered the 'Creole Beethoven'; Herman "Roscoe" Ernest III, Dr. John's drummer; as well as jazz and blues musician and vocalist 'Uncle' Lionel Batiste. Musicians' Clinic interviews include Director and President Bethany Ewald Bultman, Co-founding Director E. Johann Bultman and Family Nurse Practitioner Catherine Lesperches.

Comments director Renee Edwards, "One Note at a Time" is the story of both the health of the musicians and of the music industry after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and it's told through the prism of the New Orleans Musicians' Clinic."

Musical highlights include performances by Dr. John, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Damien Neville, Charmaine Neville, Ellis Marsalis and the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra, among others. Classic songs include "Purple Rose of Cairo," "Summertime," "Umbrella," "Papa Was a Rolling Stone," "Down By the Riverside," "This Little Light of Mine," "Hit the Road Jack," "Sister Kate," "Carnival Time" and "You're Nobody Til Somebody Loves You."

Edwards continues, "As a child growing up I often visited my father who lives in New Orleans. My mother is British and I was raised in England. As a filmmaker I am naturally curious, so I wanted to make a documentary about what was happening to the culture and music post the hurricane and flooding. I also wanted to see how it was going to compare to my memories. We witnessed a transformation; sometimes it felt like the music was slipping away, and then it would surge up again."

 "One Note at a Time" marks the directorial debut for editor, producer and writer Renee Edwards. Some of her better known British television credits include the long running investigative news and current affairs series' "Panorama," "Unreported World" and "Dispatches." Acclaimed documentary include "A Fight to the Death" and "The Mind Reader." Film credits include the animated feature "Balto," voiced by Kevin Bacon, Bob Hoskins, Bridgette Fonda and Phil Collins, and the shorts, award winning "In Recovery" and "Fauna Sauna." For tickets and more information please visit www.neworleansfilmfestival.org.