Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or

Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or is a French 2008 documentary film about African-American music.

Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or
Directed byMarc-Aurèle Vecchione
Screenplay byPierre Evil
Produced byProgram 33
Edited bySylvie Crepel, Mathieu Brunel,Timothy Miller
Music bySoper&Shone
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance

Synopsis

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Funk, Soul, Rap, Jazz, Swing... For almost two centuries, from the cotton fields of the Deep South to the ghettos in the Bronx, black music has marked the beat of Afro-Americans fight for emancipation. Black American music is a cultural revolution. Its history is political. Its beat makes the world dance.[1][2]

Awards

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The film received the Espace Monde Musicafrica Prize at the 2010 Vues d'Afrique film festival in Montreal.[3]

See also

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  • Black Soul, a 2002 animated documentary about Black history and music

References

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  1. ^ Bisaillon, Martin (14 April 2010). "Un aperçu de Vues d'Afrique". Rue Frontenac (in French). Montreal. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  2. ^ Belpois, Marc (14 October 2008). ""Black music", une histoire de la musique noire américaine". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Vues d'Afrique 2010: le palmarès". Le Potentiel (in French). Agence France-Presse. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
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