In 1969, during the same summer as Woodstock, a different music festival took place 100 miles away. More than 300,000 people attended the summer concert series known as the Harlem Cultural Festival. It was filmed, but after that summer, the footage sat in a basement for 50 years. It has never been seen. Until …
Movie Review: “The Changin’ Times Of Ike White” Recounts A Music Extraordinaire Who Could Have Been The Biggest In The World
Released in 1974, “Changin’ Times” was a stunning album of songs recorded in extraordinary circumstances – the first-ever commercial album recorded inside an American prison by an inmate. Its creator was a musical prodigy, Ike White, who was jailed for life at the age of 19 for murder. With the never-before-seen archive, the film …
Movie Review: “Mr. Soul!” Was The First Public Television Show To Unapologetically Celebrate Black Culture
Before “Oprah,” before “Arsenio,” there was “Mr. Soul!” On the heels of the Civil Rights Movement, one fearless black pioneer reconceived a Harlem Renaissance for a new era, ushering giants and rising stars of black American culture onto the national television stage.
TV Review: “Dear…” Is A Beautiful Tribute To Icons That Have Changed Lives All Over The World
An inventive approach to biographies of iconic figures in society by using letters written by those whose lives have been changed through their work.
Blu-ray Review: Ron Howard’s Slight-But-Fun “Pavarotti” Traces Our Greatest Tenor’s Tumultuous Life
A look at the life and work of opera legend Luciano Pavarotti.
Movie Review: Ron Howard’s Slight-But-Fun “Pavarotti” Traces Our Greatest Tenor’s Tumultuous Life
A look at the life and work of opera legend Luciano Pavarotti.