# Remarks on ‘Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes’

Filmmakers Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro discuss their award-winning documentary “Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes,” part of PBS’ American Masters series and a finalist for the 2023 Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. The documentary examines the life and legacy of the legendary musician, educator and civil rights advocate Max Roach (1924-2007), whose papers are in the Library’s collections.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- By: Library Of Congress. Music Division
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024742383/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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