"Matthew Kennedy: One Man's Journey"
Matthew Kennedy: One Man's Journey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DVD cover Matthew Kennedy: One Man's Journey is an American documentary film directed and written by Nina Kennedy . The film chronicles the life of concert pianist, professor, and choral director Matthew Kennedy . [1] [2] [3] [4] Synopsis Born in the segregated South in 1921, Matthew Kennedy was known throughout his home state of Georgia as a child-prodigy. At age 12, he attended a concert given by the famous Russian pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff in Macon, Georgia in 1932. When this film was produced, he was one of few surviving witnesses of Rachmaninoff's live performance. In his filmed interviews, Dr. Kennedy describes what he remembers of the concert from his perspective in the segregated balcony for “Colored.” He was also the star of his own radio show broadcast from Macon in the early 1930s. At that time, Kennedy's stage name on radio and in t...