Thunder Soul

Name: Thunder Soul
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: September 23, 2011
Duration: 83 min
Rating: 81

2011

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Roadside Attractions | Release Date: September 23, 2011 | PG

Summary: Houston's legendary Kashmere Stage Band reunites in this funky, soulful, award-winning film. In an amazing testament to the power of music and teachers, the group comes back together after more than 30 years to pay tribute to their band-leader and mentor in what is sure to be one of the most beloved, and rump-shaking, docs of the year.Houston's legendary Kashmere Stage Band reunites in this funky, soulful, award-winning film. In an amazing testament to the power of music and teachers, the group comes back together after more than 30 years to pay tribute to their band-leader and mentor in what is sure to be one of the most beloved, and rump-shaking, docs of the year. (Roadside Attractions)… Expand

Director: Mark Landsman

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 83 min

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Jeannette Catsoulis

Sep 22, 2011

By introducing funky licks, fancy footwork and many of his own compositions to the band's stodgy set list of jazz standards, this indomitable leader (whose declining health adds a poignant twang to the film's final scenes) instilled racial pride alongside musical competency. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Sep 29, 2011

Music has rarely appeared more essential to the human drama. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Sep 28, 2011

Everything here is pitched relentlessly toward uplift, but at least that uplift is genuine, the product of one visionary's indomitable will and a musical universe he brought into existence through vision, dedication, and plenty of stubborn hard work. Read full review

Kirk Honeycutt

Sep 17, 2011

A greater argument for music education in our secondary school curriculum can't be made than Mark Landsman's doc about a Texas high school funk band that tore up the music scene from 1968 to 1977. Read full review

Joe Leydon

Sep 17, 2011

Mark Landsman's spirited Thunder Soul offers a heaping helping of uplift while documenting the past triumphs and recent reunion of a predominantly black Houston high school's singularly accomplished jazz stage band. Read full review

Roger Moore

Sep 24, 2011

One serious omission in the film - identifying what these seemingly prosperous alumni of the band do for a living and did with their lives. Read full review

Eric Hynes

Sep 20, 2011

Amid its celebrations of black power, ambitious Afros and fly female trombonists, the film serves as a rousing testament to the singular blessings of music education, since there's nothing inherent or automatic about kids learning how to groove. Read full review

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