In the late 1970s, many of music’s top tastemakers felt sure Garland Jeffreys would become the next big thing. Rolling Stone named him the “most promising artist” of 1977. The prestigious PBS program Soundstage predicted he would become “the next performer to lay claim to superstardom.” 

That sense of missed opportunity forms the emotional core of a new documentary about the star titled Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between. The title refers both to Jeffreys’ musical style — an uncategorizable mix of rock, reggae, and soul — and to his identity as the mixed-race son of a Black father and a Puerto Rican mother who struggled to find his place in the overwhelmingly white world of ’70s and ’80s rock. With fellow artists Laurie Anderson, Bruce Springsteen, Harvey Keitel, Vernon Reid, Alejandro Escovedo, Graham Parker, writers Robert Christgau, David Hajdu, Jamaica Kincaid and Roger Guenveur Smith, this is a warm and intimate look at an artist who belongs in the conversation.

SCREENINGS

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UPCOMING

10.29.2025 Halden International Film Festival, Halden, NO

10.23.2025 BBam! Gallery, Montreal, QB

9.20.2025 The Moviehouse, Millerton, NY

9.13.2025 LTV Studios, Wainscott, NY

PREVIOUS

8.14.2025 Chautauqua Cinema, Chatauqua Institution, NY

8.9.2025 Long Island Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Documentary Film Series, Stonybrook, NY

7.28.2025 Upstate Films Orpheum Theatre, Saugerties, NY

7.23.2025 Stuyvesant Oval, New York, NY

6.28.2025 Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL

6.19.2025 Regent Theatre, Arlington, MA

6.13.2025 State Theatre State College, PA

6.6 - 6.12.2025 IFC Film Center, New York, NY

6.1.2025 Showroom Cinema, Asbury Park, NJ

5.31.2025 Showroom Cinema, Asbury Park, NJ

5.16.2025 & 5.18.2025 Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2.23.2025 SeeYouSound International Music Film Festival, Torino, Italy

11.16.2024 Sound Unseen Festival, Minneapolis, MN

10.27.2024 Doc ‘n Roll Film Festival London, UK

10.26.2024 Dumbo Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY

9.7 - 9.12.2024 Peter Barakan’s Music Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan

8.23.2024 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, Middlebury, VT

8.11.2024 Lighthouse International, Long Beach, NJ

5.31.2024 Maysles Documentary Center, New York, NY

5.3.2024 Coney Island Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York. Winner: Best Documentary

4.19.2024 Milwaukee Film Festival

4.13.2024 Vero Beach Film Festival, Vero Beach, FL. Winner: Best Documentary Feature

4.12.2024 Kansas City FilmFest International, Kansas City, MO. Winner: Best Documentary

04.06.2024 Annapolis Film Festival, Annapolis, MD

2.17.2024 Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, NY

11.12.2023/11.10.2023/11.9.2023/11.8.2023 DOC NYC, New York, NY. Winner: Audience Award