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The documentary will have exclusive access to the band's archives of visual, audio, and written material, as well as the support of the estate of Maurice White and the band members.
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00:00Once you strike that first note,
00:02there's something that happens.
00:03I feel my heart open up.
00:06You get to moving.
00:11And then you hear...
00:16That's when the funk starts.
00:18I'm saying to myself, if they can do that,
00:20what can I do?
00:23Earth, Wind and Fire, we're making
00:26a whole different sound.
00:27No people playing no music like that.
00:31You're thinking they're coming from Africa,
00:33or from outer space.
00:35It wasn't even a show, it was theater.
00:38We tried to bring us together as one.
00:41We didn't know what effect it would have on the people.
00:46One day,
00:48I picked up the Kalimba.
00:49It kind of inspired me to
00:51get an African beat on my own.
00:55They've embraced that music could have
00:57a higher purpose.
00:59I want to reach the universe already.
01:03To evolve consciousness through the music.
01:07And change the world.
01:09Change the world.
01:11Change the world.
01:21And change the world.
01:21You're transforming.
01:22You're absorbing these powerful affirmations.
01:26It appears that
01:27everything you touch turn and go.
01:29They were defining blackness
01:31on their own terms.
01:32They made you feel
01:34anything was possible.
01:36Yeah, I want to get home
01:38Yeah, I want to get home
01:40Yeah, I want to get home
01:41All right, let's cool tonight.
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