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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
USA 2014, 165 minutes
Dir. Alex Gibney
English
Genres: Music, Documentary / R&B/Hip-hop
Synopsis: Alex Gibney's extensive portrait of the "Godfather of Soul" was made with cooperation of the Brown Estate and expertly contextualises a wealth of archived interviews and performances within the explosive civil rights movement and political culture of the time.
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3 stars (Good Enough) I'm not a James Brown fan (unless he's singing solo without the noise of the other performers) but this is another successful doco. from the director. Plenty of archival film on performances, activism plus interviewees on his performances & private life ~Tubbs
Close Relatives
- Get On Up (2014)
- Mavis! (2015)
- Soul Power (2008)
- Wattstax (1973)
- Finding Fela (2014)
- James Brown - Live at Chastain Park (1993)
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