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Jimi's Last Festival
Synopsis
In September 1970, the Love and Peace Festival was held at the Flügger lighthouse on Fehmarn Island in the Baltic. Planned as the German response to the legendary Woodstock festival, the chaotic event had about 25,000 visitors. Wind and rain dominated the ambience, and the star guest Jimi Hendrix initially refused to perform under those conditions. But then the moment came. Hits like "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze" resounded over the festival grounds, in their increasingly dismantled state. Immediately after the performance, Hendrix left for London, where he died a few days later. Fifty years later, filmmaker Rasmus Gerlach reconstructed the event using an array of found and amateur footage. The super-8 and 16mm footage not only shows Hendrix's last festival appearance, but also offers insight into a bygone era marked by upheaval and resistance.Nordic Film Days Talks: Click here for an interview with Rasmus Gerlach, the director of "Jimis Last Blues".
Cast & Crew
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Director: Rasmus GerlachWriter: Rasmus Gerlach
Camera: Roman Brodmann, Reinhard Geistert, Andy Hertel, Karl Joseph, Bernd Liebner, Rüdiger Neumann, Kurt Rosenthal
Writer: Jimi Hendrix, Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchell, Neil Landon, Alexis Korner
Production Rasmus Gerlach, Kinoki GmbH
German Distributor: Moonlightmovies
