“Jazz on Film” returns with three weekends celebrating jazz and its intersections with cinema. Organized by guest curator Peter Lucas, this year’s program salutes 1959 - a pivotal year in jazz and film - with 60th-anniversary presentations of the Duke Ellington–scored Anatomy of a Murder, the Sun Ra–scored independent rarity The Cry of Jazz, and concert documentary favorite, Jazz on a Summer’s Day. These will be all on 35mm film prints. Another highlight of this event is the Houston premiere of new documentary, A Tuba to Cuba, following the famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band from New Orleans on an inspiring trip across the island.

For a full schedule of events, go to the festival website.