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May 2009
SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION


SOUNDTRACK FOR A REVOLUTION

Directors: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Screenwriters: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Jim Czarnecki, Bill Guttentag, Dylan Nelson, Dan Sturman
Executive Producers: Danny Glover, Mark Downie, Marc Henry Johnson, Gina Harrell
Directors of Photography: Buddy Squires, Jon Else, Stephen Kazmierski
Editor: Jeffrey Doe
Music Producer: Corey Smith
Co-Producer: Beverly Oden
Cast: Anthony Hamilton & the Blind Boys of Alabama, Joss Stone, Wyclef Jean, Richie Havens, The Roots, John Legend

Running Time: 81 minutes


Synopsis: A young black man sits politely at the "whites only" counter in a diner as white men berate him, throw food at him, and eventually beat him. But when he hits the floor, another man takes his place at the counter. Watching this ghastly footage, captured during the bitter days of segregation, it seems impossible to imagine anyone willing to endure such senseless brutality. But pair images like this with soul-stirring folk songs like "I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table," "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize," and "We Shall Overcome," and suddenly anything seems possible. Soundtrack for a Revolution tells the story of the American civil rights movement through the music that fortified protestors as they struggled for equality.

Directors Dan Sturman and two-time Oscar winner Bill Guttentag pair provocative vintage footage with emotional interviews with the men and women who endured the threats, the dogs, the night sticks, and the fire hoses, among them Georgia congressman John Lewis, Harry Belafonte, Coretta Scott King, and many more. But ultimately the filmmakers want the music to do the talking, so they've also gathered Wyclef Jean, Joss Stone, John Legend, TV on the Radio, the Roots, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and others to let loose on modern renditions of those timeless songs.



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