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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown

12 tracks | 2015 | 119 min | TV-14
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Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown

With “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown,” fans have a documentary befitting the “Godfather of Soul.” Directed by Oscar® and Emmy® winner Alex Gibney, and co-produced by the singular Mick Jagger, “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown” digs into the career of one of music and culture’s towering figures, using fresh interviews with band members and contemporaries, extraordinary historical footage, and rare archival performances of such JB classics as “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag,” “I Got You (I Feel Good),” “Out Of Sight,” “Please Please Please,” “Soul Power,” “Sex Machine,” “It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World,” “Cold Sweat,” and more. The feature-length documentary was made with the cooperation of the Brown Estate, which opened its archives for the first time. Delving into politics, race relations during the explosive civil rights movement, and the raw power behind several of Brown’s most famous tunes, “Mr. Dynamite” was honored with a 2014 Peabody Award, for what the Peabody panel called “its admiring but clear-eyed appraisal of a truly revolutionary musical figure and his legacies, his relationship to America and American culture, to funk, to hip hop, to racial politics, to American history and music history… It’s a documentary you could almost dance to, so sure and steady is its pulse.”

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Opening
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J. Brown tells his own story
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Musicians on Jame's life; the segregation time; "Please, please, please..."
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A. Leeds, his tour menager; "Try Me"; M. Jagger's memories; The Apollo theater
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The civil rights movement; the '65 tour musicians; Jame's requirements
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On Ed Sullivan Show; political events and J. Brown
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"Cold Sweat"; studio recordings; his character
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The riots, King is shot; the Boston show
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"Black Dignity";Gold Platter; the discontent in the band, new musicians
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The new band, new rythm; "Sex machine"; Augusta's unrests; political activity
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His musical children; "Funky Drummer"
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Credits
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