Editorials

Wednesday, November 25th, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 start Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE With our next screening we will go back to the early years of Sun Ra. Before the world (and the cosmos) came to know him as the Afro-futurist pioneer of "space jazz", he was born as Herman Poole Blount in Birmingham, deep in the heart of Alabama. The Belgian documentary 'The Magic City - Birmingham According to Sun Ra' sheds light on how this often-overlooked yet magical music city hel

Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 start Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE We're back with a special curated night of three short Afro-jazz documentaries and an online Q&A with saxophonist James “Plunky” Branch. Juju to Oneness of Juju (2026) The story of the evolution of the legendary African spiritual jazz group Juju into Oneness of Juju, known from tracks like 'African Rhythms'. The Black Fire Documentary (2023) The Black Fire Documentary uncovers Washingt

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 start Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE "After our brief summer break we're back and first up we will watch 'The Blind Couple from Mali'. This new documentary tells the story of the extraordinary duo Amadou & Mariam as they work on their final album and perform a unique concert in their homeland, Mali, which is torn apart by internal tensions. Since the 1980s, they have reached millions of people around the world and have b

Wednesday, April 1st, 2026 18:30 doors open 19:00 film starts Melkweg, Amsterdam TICKETS HERE Next up we will be screening 'Black Brazilian Soul' by director Flavio Frederico from 2026. This documentary, originally titled “Alma Negra, Do Quilombo Ao Baile”, is an ample immersion in the Afro-Brazilian universe through Soul music, from the emergence of the genre in the late 1960s and its popularity in the music industry, to its peak with the famous black balls in Rio de Janeiro

In 1974 , Tom Jobim, one of the founding fathers of Bossa Nova and Brazil‘s most popular singers at the time Elis Regina got together.

We got a few sneak peeks from this years programme of IN-EDIT, and we're bringing you the scoop on some of our favorites this time again.

The European preview of Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande will be on May 12th at Melkweg, Amsterdam.

We had the pleasure to do an impromptu interview with Virginia's own Butcher Brown on the penultimate stop of their European tour.