METALLICA Bassist Rob Trujillo's Jaco Pastorius Documentary To Receive Worldwide Premiere At SXSW 2015

According to an update from Metallica, bassist Rob Trujillo’s documentary on bass legend Jaco Pastorius will receive its world premiere at SXSW. Click here for information on the project and stay tuned for more details on the screening date(s). Go to the official SXSW website at this location for event details.

After years of working on a documentary about the late jazz bass player Jaco Pastorius, Robert Trujillo felt he’d hit a wall, according to an interview he  did with Marco della Cava of USA Today in 2014.

Although the Metallica bassist was driven to complete his self-funded cinematic tribute, he felt the project didn’t have its narrative center. Then last January, Trujillo was at Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy Gala and bumped into Joni Mitchell, whose deep collaboration with Pastorius is showcased on 1980’s Shadows and Light.

“We got to talking about music, and eventually she agreed to appear in the film,” says Trujillo. “That changed everything.”

Mitchell’s intimate interviews anchor Jaco, which made its debut on October 6th, 2014 in conjunction with the Mill Valley Film Festival.

Trujillo says he expects final edits on Jaco to be completed “in time to get the film in other festivals, like Berlin and South By Southwest.” He says he’s in discussions with a few distributors for a spring 2015 theatrical release.

Further details can be found here.