Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

A fascinating insight into the life of Max Roach, legendary jazz drummer, composer, political activist and educator.

Constructed from two unfinished documentary projects started separately by each of the directors during the 80s, together with dizzying live archive footage and interviews with Roaches contemporaries and family, Shapiro and Pollard present a percussionist who was never afraid to push boundaries musically, socially and politically, even though his career, family life and mental health suffered as a result. SE