Det Svarte Alvor is a Norwegian documentary about black metal music and satanism, church fires in the 1990s, and the assassination of ystein Aarseth. And somehow, like, we just lost track of him in 1982. Welcome to Pittsburgh! Attendees of this year's Visions of the Black Experience Film Festival will have the opportunity to screen dozens of new films during the event which kicks off Friday. Ain't nothing wrong with that, is there? Where to watch it: Netflix or Amazon Prime. These movies and series cover influential Black leaders, entertainers and more. NzQ2MjJjNWNhNjU4NzBlOWM5MDEwMGM3NjYzMWI2ZGI5YjI3MzllNWJhMzFk But unfortunately, what the festival organizers didn't know was that Jimi himself was going through his own transformative period, of which by the end of '69, in the last eight months of his life, he was kind of tired of being the novelty act of like this wild guy that sets his guitars on fire and does all the novelty things that made his initial audiences, like, marvel at him. After LeBron James Broke His Scoring Record, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Dropped Thoughts On Why Hed Couldve Played Longer In Todays NBA, After The Bachelors Latest Breakup, Fans Are Starting To See Some Red Flags With Zach Shallcross, NCIS' Sean Murray Praises The Current Cast As The Series Hits 450 episodes, How Quantum Leaps Original Co-Creator And Director Was Influenced By The Bear And Jon Favreau's Chef For Season 1s Family Style, America's Got Talent: All-Stars Crowned Its First-Ever Champion, But The Finale Was Missing Something. Martin Luther King Jr., who had been assassinated one year earlier. This documentary series covers the big moments in the civil rights movement from 1954 to the mid-1980s. The new documentary he directed is called "Summer Of Soul." The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival featured some of the biggest names in Black music, but it had largely faded from history. GROSS: The festival seemed to mean a lot to the people performing at it. The TV veteran was approached over the years by. Oh, happy day. Were you already a big Nina Simone fan? Its a feel good addition to the fun youll have during the festival, 11. OTM5NGI5M2IxNWY1N2YyOWI3NzIzYjdmNzBiMmMzYTA1NmYzMDZkMTI5MmJj Thank you. NTgyOGY5YWNmNDMzZjM0YWVhNTRmYzMyYjNkMDdjMzZkNTdkYmY1NGM2YzU2 MCCOO: We were constantly being attacked because we weren't, quote-unquote, "Black enough." They pride themselves on keeping the lineup 50/50 in gender and bringing artists that dont typically frequent Europe like Lil Wayne, who was actually banned in the UK for the past 15 years. Oh, happy day. And she and her music director wrote the song. (opens in new tab) Selma director Ava DuVernay takes on the prison system in this striking documentary, which won a BAFTA and a Peabody Award. The culmination of the counter-cultural movement was brought to the masses and is the benchmark for music documentaries today. eyJtZXNzYWdlIjoiYjNkMGY4YzY0MDUzNTM3ZTcxMDJiYjhhMGJiNzkwMDU1 The next night we're with, you know, A Tribe Called Quest or the Fugees. You haven't booked a hotel yet?!?! King, Ray Barretto, The Temptations' former frontman David Ruffin, The 5th Dimension, and more. NjRhOWQzODM0MzNkMDQ3NjM1NzU5ZDdkYTY4NWRkZjM3Yzg0N2VjZmE3NmRi The festival is hosted around the world so the culture can experience Black music everywhere. Rent/Buy Miss Sharon Jones! Lost footage captured by Swedish filmmakers at the height of the movement is revealed here. GROSS: So the festival was held in Harlem at a park there. The documentary, about the long-overlooked Harlem Cultural. So let's hear the Edwin Hawkins Singers doing "Oh Happy Day" from the film "Summer Of Soul.". Keep reading for our recommendations of 21 Black documentaries that educate, entertain and inspire. Boy, take a good look at these tears of mine. Let the sunshine, let it shine. "I want to make sure Black erasure doesn't happen during my lifetime and the film was an opportunity to work towards that cause." Recording engineer Tom Dowd started at Atlantic Records in the 1950s, and gained a reputation within the music business as a technical wizard, who could solve the logistical challenges of. This is just barely scratching the surface of all the great music documentaries to watch in honor of Black History Month (and beyond for that matter), so dont just stop your search with this list. And his new documentary is called "Summer Of Soul." Comedian Chris Rock was inspired to make this film when his daughter asked why she didnt have good hair. In this generally well-received documentary (except for some Black women, who side-eye Rock for making it), Rock explores Black hair and the hair weave business, going to India to find out where the hair comes from and how its sold to American buyers. Like, they're doing like it's almost like interpretive body movement. I guess we can kind of blame Michael Jackson for this, for like turning it up a notch, you know. Yeah. Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine? The Netflix documentary, Devil at the Crossroads: A Robert Johnson Story, dives into his life, legacy, his mysterious death, and the folk tale about him getting his unmatched musical abilities after an encounter with the devil himself in rural Mississippi. Summer of Soul (.Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) The directorial debut of Roots drummer Questlove, Summer of Soul chronicles the legendary - and somewhat forgotten - 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival that celebrated Black music, culture, and pride. There are few, if any, hip hop artists who could stand toe-to-toe with Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. And so we'll also hear a little voice-over in this, too. Eventnoire is the premier platform where Black culture and events intersect connecting attendees and event organizers to the Black community. Jesse Jackson and footage from the festival where Jackson tells the crowd Dr. King mentioned the song in his last words before he was shot. So, yeah, in a way it's genuine love, but in a lot of ways, it's survival. Whoa, yes I am. How do you get Gladys Knight? The Harlem Cultural Festival attracted everyone from Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone to Jesse Jackson and. But, yeah, 300,000 people over that summer in '69, and it was not one incident. Rent/Buy Tina on Amazon. Oh, not much longer would you be mine. Clocking in at just under two hours in length, this all encompassing documentary touches on practically every aspect of the late soul singers life, the good and the bad, and the ups and downs. This PBS documentary series asks whether the Emancipation Proclamation really freed black people in the United States. The film is about how that feeling was encoded in the music, and how it spread to the audience, and also from the audience. Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Spike Lee and others are interviewed as well. In watching the film, I thought about something that I've thought about a lot before, which is how much, like, music choreography has changed over the decades. Like, probably the best thing about this film is the amount of people that are reaching out to me saying that, oh, my God, my great-grandmother is 19 years old. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's look back at the legendary 1969 concert events in Harlem that came to be known as Black Woodstock. And he broke the news to me that I - even though we have the same last name, I was not related to Beachy Thompson of The Dixie Hummingbirds. Why is - like, a white guy is the drummer in a Black group? She notes fans of their hits, like "Up, Up and Away," sometimes thought the group was white until they saw an album cover or watched them perform live. It can be frustrating to explain the Black experience in the United States, in part because Black history in America is comprised of so many different experiences. And it's like - it's hand gestures and, like, steps to the side, synchronized. We were, like, looking, you know? Stream Summer of Soul on Hulu. Between the two of us girls, you know I love you more. Mjk1MjA1OTM0MWQxMzczYjY2NDYyYTk5NDMwMWFhZjY5ODcyZWRiMDMzZTEw This highly personal, behind-the-scenes look at one of the most complicated men in the history of 20th-Century music doesnt really hold back in its depiction of Davis, which makes it all the better. If this sounds like the remix work of a master DJ, that's because it is. I can't imagine him not. Questlove, welcome back to FRESH AIR. So they have to share a microphone, which means that they also have to - like, what they're doing with their arms. Celebrate the history and heritage of Black Music in America July 13-15, 2023, at this free festival Music Lovers, get ready for the 2023 Pittsburgh Black Music Festival on July 13-15 at Point State Park and Market Square in Downtown Pittsburgh. 2.6M views 1 year ago Music festivals, like most cultural events, were badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, impacting both the smallest of DIY festivals to behemoths like Glastonbury. 0:57. Ateneu 24 de juny, Girona Gratut THE MAIN SQUEEZE 3 mar, 22.30h. NGQ0YmZiNTE2NWIyNTMxZGFjNjcyY2I1ZDliNjJhYjQzN2IwYzdkZjMwM2Rl And as you've said, their church, the Penteostal Church, was very sorry that they were going commercial like this. This annual Black music festival always provides a dope experience, with the artist lineup to match. Because the coolest thing in the '60s and early '70s was watching the performers do steps, you know. But he confirmed it when he was near death. Oh, happy day, when Jesus washed, when Jesus washed, when he washed, when Jesus washed, he washed all my sins away. 6. And I think this is one of the real standout performances in the movie. When Tulchin tried to sell the footage to a film or TV outlet, no one wanted it. By 1969, the country had already endured the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.; the film suggests one reason city officials backed the festival was in hope the celebration would prevent rioting on the anniversary of King's murder. If he is alive any place in the world, I think he'll know that this film exists and will want to reach out to you. He co-founded the band The Roots, which is the house band for "The Tonight Show," where he serves as music director. 9. "Sometimes, we were called the Black group with the white sound we didn't like that because, how do you color a sound?" Woodstock started as a music festival but became something more. "Because we wanted our people to know what we were about.". Baby, baby, these tears I can't hold inside. He directed the new film "Summer Of Soul," which features performances from and interviews about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a series of six free concerts at Mount Morris Park in Harlem between June and August of 1969. Like, I don't think I would have naturally had come to - a great example is in order to watch "Billie Jean" on MTV, I had to sit through four hours of Def Leppard QUESTLOVE: Of Phil Collins or Thomas Dolby. And somehow, he just managed and leveraged one promise on top of another based on the what we call FOMO - fear of missing out. Sortida i arribada: Ateneu 24 de Juny 5 / 10 (amb samarreta) BLACK MUSIC BIG BAND JUNIOR + BLACK MUSIC CHOIR 5 mar, 12h. The march to Edmund Pettus bridge, Rosa Parks staying seated, lunch counter demonstrations, Freedom Riders, Martin Luther Kingits all here. Its called Afronation. Fall season in Atlanta brings lots of color and a slew of high-profile events like the BET Hip Hop Awards, A3C, and a festival favorite. But it's also - it's very exhausting, you know. The concerts spanned from June 29 to August 24, overlapping with both the Woodstock Festival and the first moonwalk. GROSS: That's the Edwin Hawkins Singers performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, featured in the new documentary about that festival. He's our grandfather. Looking at the contracts, I was really shocked at what life was back in 1969. OTZmNjdhZDczMWE1YjE4ZWQ5NzRjMGMxOWQ1MGQxZjI2ODVkMTkwZjhlODc3 Nina Simone probably - like, at least for my generation, growing up, the artists that we saw evolve the most in that way was Prince. The music festivals named above, Essence Festival, Afropunk, Lovers and Friends, all aim to bring people together for the sake of Black culture. If you are a longtime fan of James Brown or are just now getting into his music, this is a documentary you cant miss. Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, The Fifth Dimension and others entertain and talk about their work here, but as it turns out, because another festival was happening that summer in Woodstock, NY, people lost interest in this footage for a while. I want to talk for a second about where gospel music fits into your life. There are interviews with activist Stokely Carmichael, his mother in an impromptu interview, activist Angela Davis and more of those involved in the Black Power Movement, and those are interspersed with contemporary interviews with people like Erykah Badu, the Last Poets' Abiodun Oyewole and rapper Talib Kweli. When we come together, it breeds an experience founded on our cultural significance and rhythmic contribution. One Musicfest is an urban progressive music experience that gathers over 50,000 music lovers together for a variety of events in one weekend. The 2012 documentary A Band Called Death sheds light on the oft forgotten punk pioneers who only became a hit in the decades following their split and follows the surviving members as they get back together in 2009. Your access to this site was blocked by Wordfence, a security provider, who protects sites from malicious activity. And a large part of that story is included in the 2021 HBO documentary, Tina, which doesnt hold back one bit. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Layovers can get pretty long. So I think in my case, it was a matter of social survival on how to relate to my friends at school. The gospel song was a favorite of civil rights leader Rev. Fest dates are April 29 and 30, 2023. Like, it's juggling plates in the kitchen, like, 20 plates at a time. Questlove directs this breathtaking chronicle of Black culture in a pivotal moment. Does she figure into, like, your musical life significantly? (opens in new tab), Questloves Academy Award-winning documentary, Summer of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), documents the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a six-week celebration of Black history and culture that featured outstanding performances by Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, The Staple Singers, Sly and the Family Stone, and dozens of others. 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