SUMMER OF SPIKE: Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Join Sidewalk Cinema for the Summer of Spike, where we will be showcasing films by filmmaker Spike Lee all summer long! Financially irresponsible Giant (Spike Lee) manages a jazz group, but his sax player, Shadow (Wesley Snipes), wants to replace him with a better businessman. Bleak (Denzel Washington), the band's trumpeter, then tries to defend his close pal Giant, leading to a power struggle between the two musicians.