Soundtrack for a Revolution

Name: Soundtrack for a Revolution
Genre: History, Music, Documentary
Released: January 22, 2010
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 64

2010

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Area23a | Release Date: January 22, 2010

Summary: Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil rights movement through its powerful music -the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons, and in jail cells as they fought for justice and equality. (Louverture Films)

Director: Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman

Genre(s): History, Music, Documentary

Runtime: 82 min

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Mike Scott

May 9, 2014

Songs such as "We Shall Overcome," "Wade in the Water" and "This Little Light of Mine" are powerful to begin with. Listening to them, music-video-style, over footage shot during the era, however, elevates them. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

May 9, 2014

Through vivid archival material and voice-overs, the filmmakers create moving vignettes that, taken together, form a fascinating primer on nonviolence as a political force and discipline. Read full review

Jennie Punter

May 9, 2014

With young audiences definitely in mind, the film puts a fresh spin on the issues and struggles of the civil-rights movement. Read full review

Kyle Smith

The film is primarily interested in the music that accompanied this turmoil, which is a bit like covering the American Revolution with the focus on the wigs Washington and Jefferson wore. Read full review

Mark Feeney

May 9, 2014

The music is the occasion, and it’s stirring. What linger, though, are the images — and the ideals and emotions they convey. Read full review

Aaron Hillis

More often than not, these musical interludes are more like distractions aimed only to entice younger audiences (not a terrible thing). Read full review

David Fear

Even if you’ve seen this footage of the sit-ins at Southern diners, the Selma-to-Montgomery marches and Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral before, you can’t help but be moved to your core. Read full review

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