D.C. Go-Go Flavors New Film

Clifton Powell, Wood Harris star in drama about ‘love, life, and the pursuit of art.’

EURweb.com
November 17, 2006

Wood Harris and Clifton Powell have been cast in “Jazz in the Diamond District,” described as a candid drama set in the world of Washington D.C.’s thriving go-go scene.

The story follows a D.C. native who joins a go-go band in hopes of becoming a star. Derailed by pressure from her family and the music industry, this young woman is forced to redefine for herself the true meaning of success.

When Jasmine “Jazz” Morgan loses her mother to a long-time battle with lung cancer, she can only focus on one thing - becoming a famous singer. Ignoring the wishes of her father, Blair Morgan (Powell), a strict doctor who prefers that she return to college, Jazz rebelliously spends the summer entrenched in the hyper-sexualized, drug-influenced D.C. music scene, dragging along her younger, more naive, sister Leah (Erica Chamblee).

One night, after an impromptu audition, Jazz is invited to join a popular go-go band (music by Uncalled 4 Experience) managed by a charismatic barber, Gabe (Harris) and supported with drug money provided by the lead MC, Flight (Andre Strong). With ease, she falls in line with the band and in love with the stage and together they all reach new heights of popularity. But just as quickly as her success rises, so does the pressure and Jazz recklessly tries to maintain control.

The film was shot on location in the often-overlooked residential neighborhoods of Washington, D.C., where the thump of go-go music reverberates in the streets and where the volatile energy that spawned the nickname “Murder Capitol” in the 90’s still lingers in the air.

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