Soul music icons Aretha Franklin, James Brown and The Jackson 5 are just some of the featured performers on this rousing...
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2010
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This documentary charts the career of the influential Impression, led by the incomparable Curtis Mayfield, by interspersing...
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vocals/performer
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2008
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Hal Linden hosts this musical special and salute to the American way of freedom and liberty. Many special guest stars appear...
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1999
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1991
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In this actioner, Eddie Baker is brutally murdered by drug dealers. Later expatriate, reformed drug-dealer Superfly is...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1990
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A yuppie and a hippie are the offbeat pairing of this character comedy in the tradition of earlier mismatched buddy films...
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Featured Music
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1990
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One of the most groundbreaking artists in the history of soul music, Curtis Mayfield first rose to fame in the late '50s as...
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1990
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Forever interested in the kitsch built into past eras, director John Waters chooses the TV dance show craze of the early '60s...
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Songwriter
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1988
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Curtis Mayfield, the legendary rhythm and blues performer is shown here singing live before his paralyzing accident. The...
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1988
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This concert film captures R&B legend Curtis Mayfield's appearance at the 1987 Montreux Jazz Festival. The set list consists...
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1987
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1984
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Pop star Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees star in this musical, loosely based on the popular 1967 Beatles album Sergeant...
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1978
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"Short eyes" is prison slang for a man who sodomizes little boys. Fitting this odious description is new inmate...
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Composer (Music Score), Songwriter
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1977
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Composer (Music Score)
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1977
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A trio of musically talented Harlem sisters rise to become major stars of the '50s. Unfortunately, their sudden popularity...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1976
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A pair of blue-collar buddies use hypnosis to turn a wimpy boxer into a champ in this crime comedy, which reunites...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1975
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Claudine (Diahann Carroll) is an impoverished African-American Harlem resident. Unmarried, Claudine supports herself and her...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1974
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This concert documentary chronicles the many acts that appeared during Jesse Jackon's Operation PUSH exposition held in 1972...
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1973
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This sequel to Superfly has former drug dealer Youngblood Priest living in Rome with his lover. His life has become peaceful...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1973
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An African-American man finds that leaving behind his life of crime is harder than he imagined in this groundbreaking crime...
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Composer (Music Score), Songwriter
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1972
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