Blue Notes and Exiled Voices
Jan 01, 1992An affectionate portrait of exiled South African musicians in London, featuring Louis Moholo, Pinise Saul and Hugh Masekela.
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Hugh Masekela
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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Sep 21, 2002The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge. This documentary by Lee Hirsch recounts a fascinating and little-known part of South Africa's political history through archival footage, interviews and, of course, several mesmerizing musical performances.
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Monterey Pop Festival 1967
Dec 26, 1968Monterey a présenté des performances de carrière de Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin et Otis Reading, mais ils n'étaient que quelques interprètes dans une programmation diversifiée qui comprenait Simon et Garfunkel, The Mamas and the Papas, The Who, The Byrds, Hugh Masekela et l'extraordinaire Ravi Shankar.
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Sophiatown
Aug 16, 2003Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. SOPHIATOWN celebrates the great popular jazz music of the 1950's in South Africa; a rich tradition deserving international attention. Director Pascale Lamche, traces the music, uncovers the artists who created it and the unique culture in which it thrived, concentrated in Sophiatown, Johannesburg's own Harlem, which fuelled by liberation politics until its destruction by the Apartheid regime. The film features Nelson Mandela and such household names from the jazz world as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jonas Gwangwa and Caiphus Semenya.
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Jan 01, 1988There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of the established authorities, music celebrities decided to use their prestige to draw attention to the problems that less favoured people in the world faced. Wembley Stadium, London, 1988: thousands of English people fill one of the most famous football arenas in the world to celebrate an unforgettable pop music festival, with a lofty goal above entertainment - the celebration of the seventieth birthday of African leader Nelson Mandela.
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Freedom Beat
Jan 05, 2003On January 5, 1988, Artists Against Apartheid held a huge show in London to protest against the racist regime in South Africa, demanding the release of Nelson Mandela, jailed for 25 years for fighting to end prejudice against black people. British musicians like Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello and Sting joined beloved bands like Style Council and Big Audio Dynamite, and black musicians of the calibre of Sade, Hugh Masekela, Maxi Priest and Princess, to show the world that there is no more tolerance. for racism.
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Soul Power
Jun 10, 2009"Soul Power" est un film documentaire de 2008 sur le festival de musique "Zaïre 74" à Kinshasa qui a accompagné le match de championnat de boxe poids lourd "Rumble in the Jungle" entre Muhammad Ali et George Foreman en octobre 1974. Le film a été réalisé à partir d'images d'archives; d'autres séquences tournées à l'époque se concentrant sur le combat ont été montées pour former le film When We Were Kings.
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Alekesam
Apr 25, 2013A father exiled from his country, a son exiled from his father, and their mutual attempt to connect to the world and each other through music.
Family
I Am Thalente
Jun 15, 2015Homeless since the age of nine, South African skateboarder Thalente Biyela travels to the US to pursue his dream of becoming a professional skateboarder. Through his eyes, we experience what it takes to rise up out of circumstance and escape a lifetime on the streets.
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Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
Aug 20, 1987Singer Paul Simon and several African musicians perform a concert to benefit victims of apartheid in South Africa.
Music
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Jun 11, 1988Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela. Highlight of the evening is the one hour live performance of Dire Straits feat. Eric Clapton.
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Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella
Jan 01, 1990A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions. It also stars Spike Lee, Debbie Allen and a cameo appearance by Samuel L. Jackson.
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A l’été 1969, à la même période que les mythiques concerts de Woodstock qui se déroulaient à une centaine de kilomètres de là, le Harlem Cultural Festival de New York donnait lieu à une impressionnante série de représentations, et cela devant plus de 300 000 personnes. Largement tombée dans l’oubli, cette manifestation dont les images n’avaient jamais été diffusées revient aujourd’hui sur le devant de la scène grâce au travail accompli par le musicien, auteur-compositeur, DJ et journaliste Ahmir « Questlove » Thompson, qui signe avec SUMMER OF SOUL sa première réalisation pour le compte de Onyx Collective et Searchlight Pictures.
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We Are Universal
Jan 01, 19711971 documentary short that surveys African American arts and culture, drawing inspiration from the “Black Is Beautiful” movement. Restored by Pittsburgh Sound + Image.
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Mandela
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Tonight in Person
Nov 29, 1967A series of weekly programmes presenting music in the folk idiom from many parts of the world.
Talk
Arthouse
Aug 08, 1999Show & Co. mit Carlo
Apr 17, 1986Talk
Great Performances
Jan 01, 2025The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
Comedy
Kraft Music Hall
Sep 01, 1971Kraft Music Hall is an umbrella title for several television series aired by NBC in the United States from the 1950s to the 1970s in the musical variety genre, sponsored by Kraft Foods, the producers of a well-known line of cheeses and related dairy products. Their commercials were usually announced by "The Voice of Kraft", Ed Herlihy.
