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- 2010
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- Area 23a
- 1 h 22 m
- 2010
- Not Rated
- Area 23a
- 1 h 22 m
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)
Written By: Dan Sturman
- 2010
- Not Rated
- Area 23a
- 1 h 22 m
- 2010
- Not Rated
- Area 23a
- 1 h 22 m
Soundtrack for a Revolution
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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)
Written By: Dan Sturman
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Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
64
67% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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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.
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.
It’s the kind of film that will have audiences clapping and singing along. And why not? The images and stories may be familiar, but it’s history worth retelling.
The music is the occasion, and it’s stirring. What linger, though, are the images — and the ideals and emotions they convey.
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.
Perhaps best suited for younger audiences, who will be more receptive to a vital history lesson only if it's given a music video-style treatment.
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.
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Production Company
Freedom Song Productions,
Goldcrest Films International,
Louverture Films,
Wild Bunch
Release Date Jan 22, 2010
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
International Documentary Association
• 3 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Morelia International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination