Mo’ Better Blues Saturday, June 14, 2025 7 p.m.-9:15 p.m.

Jazz on Film

Post-film discussion with guest curator Peter Lucas and Jason Woods (DJ Flash Gordon Parks) 35th-anniversary screening!

Spike Lee’s stylish film stars Denzel Washington as a trumpet player attempting to balance craft, career, and cool while juggling relationships with two women. Mo’ Better Blues features music by the Branford Marsalis Quartet with Terence Blanchard, recordings by John Coltrane and Miles Davis, and a score composed by Bill Lee. 

Tickets

  • Tickets available soon.
  • $9 general admission; $7 MFAH members, students with ID, seniors (65+)

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Generous support has been provided by the Foundation for Independent Media Arts.

Mo’ Better Blues

Directed by Spike Lee
(USA, 1990, 130 minutes, in English)
Brown Auditorium Theater, digital

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Location

Caroline Wiess Law Building
1001 Bissonnet Street
Houston, TX 77005
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