Soundtrack for a Revolution
by Various Artists
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 22 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: September 28, 2010
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: New Video Group
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Legend, Angie Stone, Joss Stone, Richie Havens, Mary Mary, Wyclef Jean, Carlton Reese Memorial Unity Choir, The Roots, Anthony Hamilton, Julian Bond, The Blind Boys Of Alabama & Andrew Young | |
Directed by | Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman | |
Screenwriting by | Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman | |
Director of Photography: | Buddy Squires, Jon Else & Stephen Kazmierski | |
Hosted by | Harry Belafonte, John Lewis, Andrew Young & Julian Bond |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: A- --
Whether you lived through the civil rights movement or not, the Danny Glover-produced, marvelously musical "Soundtrack for a Revolution" will leave you deeply moved and humming.
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Boston Herald
Rating: 3/4 --
The songs are rousing, but it takes more than a soundtrack to make a revolution.
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Boston Phoenix
Rating: 4/4 --
Soundtrack may very well be the finest, broad history on film of the Southern Freedom Movement years as measured from the Montgomery bus boycott (beginning in 1955) to the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1968).
Seattle Times
Rating: 9/10 --
An incredibly moving experience to watch the struggles everyone went through, all framed by the protest songs of the time and what they represented to those in the trenches.
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ComingSoon.net
Rating: 1.5/4 --
Tthe film is primarily interested in the music that accompanied this turmoil, which is a bit like covering the American Revolution with the focus on the wigs Washington and Jefferson wore.
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New York Post
Rating: 2.5/5 --
Essentially a condensed, lightly airbrushed, skillfully assembled history of the civil rights movement, with musical interludes.
New York Times
It's the clips of early television broadcast reportage -- along with the emotional memories of those who participated, that still move one to tears, awe and pride.
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Product Description:
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION takes a look at the American civil rights movement, focusing on the role that music -- spirituals and protest songs -- played, as the backdrop and the inspiration for the pickets, sit-ins, and demonstrations of the turbulent era. Directors Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, whose previous documentary looked at the Japanese Army's atrocities against the Chinese people in NANKING, here blend images from the time and interviews with participants with new footage of contemporary artists performing the inspirational songs. Interviewees include Harry Belafonte, John Lewis, Andrew Young, and Julian Bond, and the documentary includes performances by John Legend, Joss Stone, and Angie Stone. The film examines such pivotal moments as the Montgomery bus boycott, the March on Washington, and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Through old footage and interviews, spirituals like "Wade in the Water" and "We Shall Not Be Moved," and folk songs like Phil Ochs' "Here's to the State of Mississippi" are each connected to specific aspects or moments of the movement. Danny Glover was the executive producer of the film. SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION had its world premiere at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.
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- Sales Rank: 55,527
- UPC: 767685225103
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