Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock & Roll(2019)

movie - first aired/released 2019-05-22 - 88 min - audience 6.3

Documentary

Directed by Tom Jones

The story of the long troubled town of Asbury Park, and how the power of music can unite a divided community. A once storied seaside resort, Asbury Park erupted in flames during a summer of civil unrest, crippling the town for the next 45 years and reducing it to a state of urban blight. A town literally divided by a set of railroad tracks, the riot destroyed the fabled Westside jazz and blues scene, but from the flames of the burning city emerged the iconic Jersey sound.