The Pleasures of Being Out of Step

★ 5.0 2013 1h 27m HD

'Pleasures' profiles legendary jazz critic and civil libertarian Nat Hentoff, whose pioneering career tracks the greatest cultural and political movements of the last 65 years. The film is about an idea as well as a man - the idea of free expression as the defining characteristic of the individual. Hentoff is a pioneering journalist who raised jazz as an art form and was present at the creation of 'alternative' journalism. 'Pleasures' wraps the themes of liberty and identity around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patriot Act. With a mix of interviews, archival footage and music, it employs a complex non-linear structure to engage the audience in a life of independent ideas and the creation of an enduring voice.

Watch The Pleasures of Being Out of Step free in the app.

Stream it in full at no cost — the whole MovieAro catalog is free.

Watch free — get the app
Genres Documentaire
Release 2013-04-03

Cast

More Like This

35 Up poster

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subj…

35 Up

★ 7.6 1991

Fuck poster

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gain…

Fuck

★ 6.4 2006

My Mom Jayne poster

L'actrice Mariska Hargitay, lauréate d'un Emmy® et d'un Golden Globe, se penche sur l'histoire de s…

My Mom Jayne

★ 8.0 2025