Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or
2008 French film
- 2008 (2008)
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Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or is a French 2008 documentary film about African-American music.
Synopsis
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
The film received the Espace Monde Musicafrica Prize at the 2010 Vues d'Afrique film festival in Montreal.[3]
See also
- Black Soul, a 2002 animated documentary about Black history and music
References
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
- ^ 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.
- ^ Belpois, Marc (14 October 2008). ""Black music", une histoire de la musique noire américaine". Télérama (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Vues d'Afrique 2010: le palmarès". Le Potentiel (in French). Agence France-Presse. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
External links
- Watch the film online at Vimeo (in French)
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