Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande review – the 70s London funk band rediscovered
This Buena Vista<em>-</em>style documentary about a band who found a new life via the dancefloor is overlong but worth it for the music
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This Buena Vista<em>-</em>style documentary about a band who found a new life via the dancefloor is overlong but worth it for the music
Cymande discuss being rediscovered decades later on dancefloors and hip hop tracks after being shut out by a racist UK music scene in the 70s
Cult south London band Cymande were neglected in 1970s Britain but played to huge stadiums in the US. As a new documentary tells their tale, we spoke to Cymande’s Steve Scipio and Patrick Patterson and director Tim MacKenzie-Smith.
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15/02/2024 - Tim MacKenzie-Smith largely avoids the pitfalls of the music documentary in this endearing portrait of a British band silenced by racism at home but wildly influential in the decades that followed