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- Summer of soul [videorecording] : (... or, When the revolution could not be televised) / by Questlove,film director.; Dinerstein, David,film producer.; Fyvolent, Robert,film producer.; Jackson, Mahalia,1911-1972.; King, B. B.,on-screen participant.; Patel, Joseph,film producer.; Simone, Nina,1933-2003,on-screen participant.; Wonder, Stevie,on-screen participant.; 5th Dimension (Musical group),on-screen participant.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.; Gladys Knight and the Pips,on-screen participant.; Searchlight Pictures,production company.; Sly & the Family Stone (Musical group),on-screen participant.;
Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & The Family Stone, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Mahalia Jackson.In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten, until now. This documentary shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past, and present. The feature includes concert performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, The 5th Dimension, and more.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing images, smoking and brief drug material.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.- Subjects: Documentary films.; Historical films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Harlem Cultural Festival.; African Americans; African Americans; African Americans; Popular music; Rhythm and blues music; Soul music;
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- MLK/FBI [videorecording] / by Comey, James B.,Jr.,1960-on-screen participant.; Gage, Beverly,on-screen participant.; Hedin, Benjamin,film producer,screenwriter.; King, Martin Luther,Jr.,1929-1968,on-screen participant.; Pollard, Sam,film director.; Tomaselli, Laura,screenwriter.; Field of Vision,presenter.; IFC Films,publisher.; Play/Action Pictures,presenter.; RLJ Entertainment,film distributor.; TradesCraft Films,production company.;
Director of photography, Robert Chappell ; editor, Laura Tomaselli ; score composed by Gerald Clayton.James Comey, Beverly Gage, Martin Luther King Jr.From the time that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as a resonant voice in the American civil rights movement, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover regarded him as a danger to the status quo that needed to be discredited. This stunning documentary lays bare the Bureau's unflagging campaign to surveil and undermine Dr. King through the balance of his life--and the disturbing resonance that the questions raised here have in our contemporary politics.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.- Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Feature films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972.; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Cointelpro; African American civil rights workers; African Americans; Civil rights movements; Intelligence service; Undercover operations;
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