Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or
| Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Marc-Aurèle Vecchione |
| Screenplay by | Pierre Evil |
| Produced by | Program 33 |
| Edited by | Sylvie Crepel, Mathieu Brunel,Timothy Miller |
| Music by | Soper&Shone |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or is a French 2008 documentary film about African-American music.
Synopsis
[edit]Funk, Soul, Rap, Jazz, Swing... For almost two centuries, from the cotton fields of the Deep South to the ghettos in the Bronx, black music has marked the beat of Afro-Americans fight for emancipation. Black American music is a cultural revolution. Its history is political. Its beat makes the world dance.[1][2]
Awards
[edit]The film received the Espace Monde Musicafrica Prize at the 2010 Vues d'Afrique film festival in Montreal.[3]
See also
[edit]- Black Soul, a 2002 animated documentary about Black history and music
References
[edit]- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
- ^ Bisaillon, Martin (14 April 2010). "Un aperçu de Vues d'Afrique". Rue Frontenac (in French). Montreal. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ Belpois, Marc (14 October 2008). ""Black music", une histoire de la musique noire américaine". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Vues d'Afrique 2010: le palmarès". Le Potentiel (in French). Agence France-Presse. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
External links
[edit]- Watch the film online at Vimeo (in French)
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