BY KEITH SPERA | NOLA.com Staff writer May 14, 2020
Director Michael Murphy released “Make It Funky!,” his 2005 cinematic love letter to the music of New Orleans, just as Hurricane Katrina hit.
He worked on “Up From the Streets: New Orleans: City of Music,” a new documentary also built on New Orleans music, for three years, only to roll it out in time for the coronavirus pandemic.
“We were despondent for two weeks” after coronavirus canceled a slew of film festival appearances, Murphy said this week.
Then Eagle Rock Entertainment, a London-based company that specializes in producing and distributing music documentary and concert films, called with a pitch: How about doing a “virtual cinematic release?”
Starting on Friday, over 110 cinemas across the country will sell online tickets to watch “Up From the Streets” on-demand at home. The order will be good for seven days; viewers have 72 hours to finish watching once they’ve started.
Tickets for “Up From the Streets” can be purchased through June 15 at eventive.org
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