BUD LIVES! (2025)
A Love Letter to Bud Powell
A film by Haeyong Moon
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About the filmmaker | Email: haeyong dot moon at gmail dot com
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As of October 2025, the film is COMPLETE! See latest updates on Instagram.
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SCREENINGS
October 1, 2025 - Crew & Backers screening at Los Feliz 3 (Los Angeles, CA)
Group photo of the audience (Photo by HeeKyoung Yum)
October 12, 2025 - Crew & Backers screening at Vidiots (Los Angeles, CA)
Photo of filmmaker Nancy Buchanan, drummer Roy McCurdy and Haeyong Moon (Photo by Claudia Gonzalez)
Group photo of the audience (Photo by Daniele Smith)
November 21, 2025 - Crew & Backers screening at Division Street Grill (Peekskill, NY)
Group photo of the Peekskill audience (Photo by Haeyong Moon)
Group photo with Haeyong (Photo by Tiana)
Photos of the Peekskill audience by Richard Harris
Photo of Patrick Jones, Phil Bingham, Haeyong Moon and Earl John Powell (L-R)
November 22, 2025 - Crew & Backers screening at the Hot Club of New York (New York, NY)
Group photo of the audience (Photo by Haeyong Moon)
Filmmaker Larry Gottheim and Haeyong Moon
Earl John Powell and Eddie Karp, the duo that attended both NY screenings
My dear friends Bee Chew, Paulo Ruvalcaba, Jason Leavitt and Nygil Fraser (L-R)
December 29, 2025 - Special Screening at Seoul Art Cinema (Seoul, Korea)
Group photo of the audience (Photo by Haeyong Moon)
February 2026 - Bud Powell on the Cover of JAZZ PEOPLE, a jazz journal in Korea.
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February 21, 2026 - Panel Discussion on the Legacy of Bud Powell (Los Angeles, CA)
February 23, 2026 - Screening of BUD LIVES! at University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
March 24, 2026 - Screening of BUD LIVES! at the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center (Leimert Park, CA)
May 8, 2026 - Screening of BUD LIVES! at the Jazz Night School (Seattle, WA)
*LATEST* August 6, 2026 - BUD LIVES! during the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival
*LATEST* August 8, 2026 - BUD LIVES! in Harlem
*NEXT STOP!* Japan in September 2026 and Denmark in October 2026