DER Weekends: Timashion Jones is making moves and a film about jazz legend Marcus Belgrave
On Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we take a step away from the news of the week and spend some time with the community members who make up Detroit’s rich culture and identity.
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Producer Brad Torreano (left) and director Timashion Jones smile in the WDET studios, April 25, 2023.
In the latest episode of DER Weekends, CultureShift co-host Tia Graham talks with filmmaker Timashion Jones about his work and a new project focused on Detroit jazz great Marcus Belgrave.
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Timashion Jones is a Detroit native, a Cass Tech alum and an Emmy-winning filmmaker. He won the award in 2016 for Cody High: A Life Remodeled Project, a documentary about the renovation of an abandoned Detroit High School by community members and a local non-profit.
Jones’ current project is focused on the life and influence of the late Marcus Belgrave. Belgrave was a jazz musician — a trumpet player — who was not only a champion for jazz in the city, but a mentor to generations of the city’s jazz musicians.
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