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Our Great Day: A Bond with Houston Blues

directed by Rubén Durán, fl. 1992; produced by Rubén Durán, fl. 1992, CAB 95 films (Houston, TX: Rubén Durán, 2019), 53 mins

This documentary pays tribute to the rich African American blues heritage of the largest city in Texas by tracing the unlikely relationship between a cast of colorful characters and a Chicagoborn photographer now living in Ireland. The primary focus is a 1998 reunion of almost 80 musicians for a group portrait, an...

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Mr. SOUL!

directed by Sam Pollard, fl. 1989 and Melissa Haizlip; produced by Melissa Haizlip, Shoes in the Bed Productions (Israel-Palestine: Film Platform, 2018), 1 hour 44 mins

From 1968 to 1973, the public television variety show SOUL!, guided by the enigmatic producer and host Ellis Haizlip, offered an uncompromising celebration of Black culture. The series was among the first to provide expanded images of African Americans on television, shifting the gaze from inner-city poverty and v...

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Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime

directed by Daniel Leonard Bernardi, fl. 2015 and David De Rozas, fl. 2014; produced by Carolina Gratianne, fl. 2017 and Trevor Getz, fl. 2020, El Dorado Films (El Dorado Hills, CA: El Dorado Films, 2018), 23 mins

Combining unseen footage with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle incredible life journey that spans "The Harlem Hell Fighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural production.

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This Is Love

directed by John Alexander, fl. 2018; presented by Sinbad, 1956-, Clayton Ivey, fl. 1969, Mick Fleetwood, 1947-, Michael Colyar, 1957- and George Clinton, 1941-; produced by Robert Love, fl. 2018 and JC Guest, fl. 2018, The Love Story LLC; performed by Rudy Love and The Love Family (The Love Story, 2018), 1 hour 23 mins

You may not know Rudy Love's name, even if you've heard his voice all your life. Love's story encapsulates a quintessential struggle of black artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. In the face of systemic racism and with the purest of intentions, Love repeatedly turned down fame to make music with his family. Jus...

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American Epic, Episode 1, The Big Bang

directed by Bernard MacMahon, fl. 2017; produced by Duke Erikson, 1951-, Bernard MacMahon, fl. 2017 and Allison McGourty, 1964-, British Broadcasting Corporation, Wildwood Enterprises and Thirteen Productions, in American Epic, Episode 1 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 57 mins

THE BIG BANG: In the Roaring 20s, music scouts with cutting-edge recording technology set out across America to capture the unsung voices of everyday folk. This is the Big Bang of modern popular music–the first time America hears itself.

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American Epic, Episode 2, Blood and Soil

directed by Bernard MacMahon, fl. 2017; produced by Bernard MacMahon, fl. 2017, Allison McGourty, 1964-, Duke Erikson, 1951-, William Morgan, fl. 2017, Bill Holderman, fl. 2013 and Adam Block, fl. 2017, British Broadcasting Corporation, Wildwood Enterprises and Thirteen Productions, in American Epic, Episode 2 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2017), 57 mins

BLOOD & SOIL: America’s poor–cotton field slaves, mine workers, sharecroppers–find freedom through music, creating gospel, protest songs, and Delta Blues.

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Gospel pour 100 Voix

directed by Greg Germain, 1947-; produced by Marie-Pierre Bousquet, fl. 2011, Ewilona Prod and Axe Sud; performed by Gospel pour 100 voix (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose (Film distributor), 2017), 2 hours 19 mins

Gospel for 100 voices is the biggest choir in the world. They sing the great standards of gospel, traditional American religious songs expressing the pain of slavery as much as the joy of being together. They also play Caribbean, African gospel and current urban gospel. It has more than 75 singers from 24 countrie...