The Staple Singers Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Featured Music

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Talk to Me

Crew: Featured Music

Actors: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps

Synopsis: Don Cheadle stars as outspoken ex-convict and iconic radio personality Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene in a powerful biopic detailing the life and career of a media figure whose voice instilled the black community with hope during the turbulent 1960s. After talking his way onto the Washington, D.C. Read More

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The Soul Experience

1984
The Last Waltz

Actors: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Neil Young, Eric Clapton

Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's documentary of the 1976 final performance of the legendary Sixties rock group The Band is at once a show featuring some of the greatest rock performers of their generation and a bittersweet look back at an era that was just beginning to fade. As Scorsese guides the group through Read More

1978
Save the Children

Synopsis: This concert documentary chronicles the many acts that appeared during Jesse Jackon's Operation PUSH exposition held in 1972 in Chicago. Featured concert performers include Marvin Gaye singing "What's Going On," The Temptations with "Papa Was a Rolling Stone, " and Bill Withers performing "Lean on Read More

1973
Wattstax

Actors: The Staple Singers

Synopsis: This is a filmed documentary of a black music festival held on August 20, 1972 at the Los Angeles Coliseum, sponsored by Stax Records and Schlitz Beer. The L.A./Watts riots demonstrated the community's urgent needs to the black show-business community. All the proceeds from the concert and this Read More

1972
Super Soul Session

Actors: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Four Tops, Dionne Warwick, The Staple Singers, Johnny Nash