summer of soul

• "summer of soul (...or, when the revolution could not be televised)"; 1969 yılı yazında harlem, manhattan, new york city'de afro-amerikan müziğini ve kültürünü kutlamak ve devam eden siyah gurur politikasını desteklemek için düzenlenen konser serisi olan harlem kültür festivali hakkında bir belgesel.
  
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  “ıt’s a music documentary like no other, because while it’s a joyful, cataclysmic, and soulfully seductive concert movie, what it’s really about is a key turning point in black life in america,” he wrote.
  
  the feature showcases filmed footage of the harlem cultural festival, including never-before-seen concert performances by b.b. king, nina simone, sly & the family stone, gladys knight & the pips, stevie wonder and more. despite the top-level talent that performed at the festival, the concert went largely unremembered and, according to the opening title of the film, the footage “sat in a basement for 50 years. ıt has never been seen.” thompson and his team of producers unearthed more than 45 hours of footage to bring the film to life.
  
  “watching ‘summer of soul,’ what you experience is nothing less than the sound of freedom,” gleiberman said. “the film is about how that feeling was encoded in the music, and how it spread to the audience, and also from the audience. ‘summer of soul’ shows us that what unfolded on an outdoor stage in harlem in 1969 could become a deliverance: the fulfillment of something that had been building for decades."
  
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  key: black woodstock.
  further reading.
• soundtrack'i haliyle en beğenilenler arasına girmiştir editörler camiasında. şu son zamanlarda nispeten nitelikli bir yapım izlemek isteyenler baksın derim.
• 1969'da videoya alınıp 50 yıl boyunca depoda çürüyen konser videolarının ilk kez piyasaya çıktığı güzel belgesel.