Trailers 2009

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Movies to be screened at 3rd Music and World Documentary Film Festival 19th - 22nd March 2009.

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To be screened at 3rd Music and World Documentary Film Festival 19th - 22nd March 2009.reż. Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville, ‘155 min. Between 1959 and 1975, Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee released international chart-topping hits such as "Soul Man," "Dock of the Bay," "Green Onions," "Midnight Hour," "Respect Yourself," and the theme from SHAFT. The label's artists included Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the MG's, Rufus and Carla Thomas, the Staple Singers, Isaac Hayes, and even Richard Pryor and Jesse Jackson. Founded by a white conservative bank teller who played country fiddle music, Stax became the preeminent soul music label in America, and became identified with the civil rights movement of the 1960s and '70s. RESPECT YOURSELF documents the Stax label, its visionaries, and most of all, its music.

To be screened at 3rd Music and World Documentary Film Festival 19th - 22nd March 2009.Dub Echoes, reż. Bruno Natal, ’75 min.“Dub Echoes” is a documentary that traces the origins of the Jamaican dub music and it’s influence on the development of hip hop and electronic music. The film shows how the Jamaican invention called dub ended up influencing much of the music we hear today, from electronic music to hip-hop, transforming the studio in a musical instrument and giving way to all of sonic experiments. “Dub Echoes” was produced by a Brazilian crew, in Kingston (Jamaica), London (UK), NY, Washington, LA (US), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (Brazil).

To be screened at 3rd Music and World Documentary Film Festival 19th - 22nd March 2009.From Mambo to Hip Hop, reż. Henry Chalfant, ’60 min.“From Mambo to Hip-Hop” dances through the history of a borough that nurtured two musical movements: the mambo that evolved into salsa, and the hip-hop that arose from the most desperate days of the South Bronx. Produced by Elena Martinez and Steve Zeitlin, who are principals in the New York folklore group City Lore, and directed by Henry Chalfant, a longtime chronicler of the South Bronx who collaborated on the early-1980’s documentary “Style Wars,” “From Mambo” rushes by, driven by rhythms that change through the decades.

To be screened at 3rd Music and World Documentary Film Festival 19th - 22nd March 2009.reż. Natalia Almada, ’66 min. Al Otro Lado begins in Sinaloa, the drug capital of Mexico and birthplace of Los Tigres del Norte and Chalino Sanchez, two of the most famous corrido musicians. From the Sierra Mountains where opium and marijuana grow in abundance, down to the Sea of Cortez, where contraband is trafficked north in fishing boats, we look at the economic crisis that forces so many like Magdiel to turn to drug trafficking, or to risk their lives crossing theborder illegally into the United States. Through the regional corrido music that takes its roots from medieval ballads and has the edgy grit of gangsta rap, we travel from Sinaloa north across the border to the streets of South Central and East L.A., the same journey taken by millions of illegal immigrants, tons of narcotics and even corrido music.

To be screened at 3rd Music and World Documentary Film Festival 19th - 22nd March 2009.reż. Edward Gillan, 52 min.Desperate Man Blues tells the story of self-proclaimed king of record collectors Joseph E. Bussard, Jr. of Frederick Maryland. Joe has amassed probably the greatest collection of 78 rpm recordings of country, blues, jazz, cajun and gospel music in the world. He has spent most of of his waking hours in pursuit of old 78s. To call it a hobby would be an insult: It’s his life.

To be screened at 3rd Music and World Documentary Film Festival 19th - 22nd March 2009.reż. John Pirozzi, ’68 min.Sleepwalking Through the Mekong follows Los Angeles based band Dengue Fever on their recent journey to Cambodia to perform 60s and 70s Cambodian rock n' roll in the country where it was created and very nearly destroyed. The odyssey is a homecoming for singer Chhom Nimol and a transformation for the rest of the band as they perform with master musicians and record new songs along the way.

To be screened at 3rd Music and World Documentary Film Festival 19th - 22nd March 2009.Lomax -the song hunter, reż. Roger Kappers ,’95 min.Alan Lomax (1915-2002) was a song collector. For a big part of his life, he travelled around the world with his recording equipment, hunting for the prettiest folk songs. Lomax recorded ordinary people, who gave their heart and soul in front of his microphone. In radio programmes, Lomax warned us that we were squandering age-old music traditions at rapid speed. The film maker visits Lomax one year prior to his death. He cannot speak with him anymore, because Alan has been brought down by a brain haemorrhage. The filmmaker decides to search for people Lomax recorded.

Plattln in Umtata -Shoslapping in Africa, reż. Peter Heller, ‘92 min. “Shoslapping in Africa” podąża śladami bawarskiego zespołu folkowego przemierzającego Afrykę. Muzycy “Biermoesl Blosn” w swojej wędrówce przez RPA i Namibię spotykają twórców tradycyjnego i nowoczesnego folkloru. Trójka śmiałków uzbrojonych w harfę, altówkę, alpejskie rogi i katarynkę podejmuje kulturowy dialog, którego językiem jest muzyka i taniec.