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African Americans Music African Americans Social life and customs Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century Harlem Cultural Festival. Musique populaire 1961-1970 Noirs américains Musique 20e siècle Noirs américains Musique Histoire Noirs américains Mœurs et coutumes Popular music Woodstock Festival.Filter By Subjects
African Americans Music African Americans Social life and customs Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Intellectual life 20th century Harlem Cultural Festival. Musique populaire 1961-1970 Noirs américains Musique 20e siècle Noirs américains Musique Histoire Noirs américains Mœurs et coutumes Popular music Woodstock Festival.Summary: For three days in the summer of 1969, a rock concert was held on an upstate New York farm, and 400,000 people attended -- far more than were anticipated, far more than paid, far more than could be fed or sheltered or cared for after injuries or drug overdoses. It rained, there was mud, all traffic in and out was gridlocked, and the music continued, night and day. "Woodstock Nation" existed for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Pictures 2009
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD WOOSummary: In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022