filmmaking; it gives you the basics, but beautifully. (You could walk into this movie knowing nothing about Coltrane and walk out an impassioned convert.)" Glenn Kenny from RogerEbert.com gave the film three and a half out of four stars and stated: "“Chasing Trane” streamlines the story of the jazz saxophonist, but it does so in a way that doesn't feel like cheating. Scheinfeld's approach is to give the viewer the forest, point out a few trees and get out, confident that those trees will inspire the viewer to spend more time in the forest." One of few dissonant voices were Richard Brody from The New Yorker, who didn't like the film, and called it: "A dully conventional film about a brilliantly unconventional musician"Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary'' was nominated for a Black Reel Awards in the category of Outstanding Documentary Feature. References External links 2016 documentary films 2010s English-language films