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Robert CLEM | USA | 2017 | doc | color / black-and-white | DCP | 87′ | English | n.s.
MUSIC CALLS_Rock ‘n’ roll’s roots aren’t just rhythm and blues, but go much further back to 1930s gospel quartet music. A surfeit of musical clips illustrates how harmony singing gradually evolved into an upbeat spectacle with electrical instruments and, ultimately, more worldly lyrics.
Legendary musicians like James Brown got their ideas from the impressive, dramatic performances of Afro-American gospel quartets that played in churches, on local radio stations and, later, at concert halls starting in the 1930s. The music documentary How They Got Over about the evolution of these quartets illustrates how this often originally religious harmony singing developed into more secular songs with instruments, multiple vocalists, passion, and sold-out shows. These singing men and women were musical precursors to famous genres such as doo-wop, rhythm and blues, soul, Motown and rock ‘n’ roll.
A number of octogenarian singers regale us with tales of their road trips across the South of the United States when they played for peanuts to make their names. Their stories and those of other genre lovers are augmented by seldom-seen archival footage of concerts by the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and many others.
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 12 April 2018
Time: 17:30
Duration: 1:06
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 13 April 2018
Time: 22:00
Duration: 1:06
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 14 April 2018
Time: 12:45
Duration: 1:06
Year in
Festival
2018
Director
Robert CLEM
Camera
J. Alan Hostetter
Tommy Wier
Country
USA
Editor
Robert Clem
Language
English
Length
87′
Producer
Robert Clem
Mike Tannen
Production Company
Sales
One State Films
Scenario
Robert Clem
Year of Production
2017
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