Learning To Live Together Film Screening w/ Director JESSE LAUTER
AMPLIFY FRIDAYS Presents:
Learning To Live Together
Film Screening with Director and CDI Alum Jesse Lauter
Friday, November 12 2021 @ 6:00 - 8:30 pm
721 Broadway, Room 006
Join us for a free special NYU screening of LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER: THE RETURN OF MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN followed by a Q&A Session with film director and CDI Alum Jesse Lauter ('09)
LEARNING TO LIVE TOGETHER: THE RETURN OF MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN is an electrifying documentary and concert film spotlighting the reunion of the celebrated “Mad Dogs & Englishmen,” Joe Cocker’s short-lived 1970 tour featuring a mammoth thirty-two-piece band, immortalized in a live album and concert film. Fifty years later, first-time filmmaker Jesse Lauter tells the complete story through the lens of the Grammy Award-winning Tedeschi Trucks Band’s reunion of the Mad Dogs. In addition to Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and the entire Tedeschi Trucks Band, this reunion featured 12 of the original Mad Dogs, including Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge and Claudia Lennear, plus guest performers Chris Robinson and Dave Mason, among others. The film showcases inspired performances from the reunion show, along with an exclusive look at the history of the tour and never-before-seen archival materials, commentary from the original members, critic David Fricke, notable fans who attended shows on the original tour and features the last filmed interview with the late Leon Russell.
About Jesse Lauter: Jesse Lauter (NYU, Clive Davis ‘09) is a rock-doc/concert film director, music producer and engineer. His production credits include artists such as the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Stephen Stills & Judy Collins, Ben Harper, Scarlett Johansson (Joe Biden for President Campaign Ad), Langhorne Slim, Elvis Perkins, The Low Anthem, Neal Francis, Mikaela Davis, Ingrid Michaelson, Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group), Pussy Riot, Lola Kirke, Jessi Colter, Ian Axel (A Great Big World), Ivan & Alyosha, Jukebox The Ghost, James Blood Ulmer, Blind Pilot, Marco Benevento, Sam Cohen, among others. Jesse directed and produced Learning To Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen about Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour, featuring the late Leon Russell, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rita Coolidge, Chris Robinson (The Black Crowes), among others. Jesse also directed and produced the Tedeschi Trucks Band's concert film and documentary, Live From The Fox Oakland, whose soundtrack was nominated for a Grammy. Among his many credits, Jesse was the Executive Producer of Bob Dylan In The 80s: Volume One, a tribute album to Bob Dylan’s overlooked 1980s catalog, featuring Built To Spill, Gene Ween, Slash, Glen Hansard, Reggie Watts, Lucius, Craig Finn (The Hold Steady), Deer Tick, members of My Morning Jacket, Blitzen Trapper, and Widespread Panic.