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The sounds of Sundance: Mavis Staples and Mahalia Jackson soar in Summer of Soul
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Midway through “Summer of Soul,” the new Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson-directed documentary that premieres Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival, a dashing, dashiki-wearing Jesse Jackson steps to the microphone. It’s 1969, and the young reverend is appearing in New York City before about 50,000 people at Mount Morris Park as part of the Harlem Cultural Festival. Behind Jackson awaits bandleader Ben Branch, gospel legend Mahalia Jackson, rising young belter Mavis Staples and others.
The revelatory summer event, which took place across six Sundays during the same summer as both the moon landing and Woodstock, and featured sets by Sly & the Family Stone, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Max Roach, the Fifth Dimension and others, is the subject of Thompson’s first feature film. Subtitled “Or … When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised,” it relies on astounding concert footage, much of it previously unseen.
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On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed a rally in Memphis, Tennessee, delivering his iconic âIâve Been to the Mountaintopâ speech. Initially, there had been concerns he might miss the rally due to a bomb threat. The following day, as King prepared for another rally, he turned to musician Ben Branch and said, âBen, make sure you play âTake My Hand, Precious Lordâ in the meeting tonight. Play it real pretty.â Then he stepped out on to the balcony of room 306 at the Lorraine Motel. Julian Barber, a reporter for WTOP TV in Washington D.C., was the first to report Dr. King had been shot. Soon all three national television networks would interrupt their broadcasts with the news of his assassination.
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Today is the federal holiday that honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was born January 15, 1929. He was assassinated April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play his “Beyond Vietnam” speech, which he delivered at New York City’s Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, as well as his last speech, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” that he gave on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated.
David Linx : Traverser le temps, c est revoir sa place dans le monde avec humilité
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