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The Groove Is Not Trivial (2016)

Name: The Groove Is Not Trivial
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2018-02-04T13:38:37+01:00
Cast: Alasdair Fraser

Documentary | 60 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Music

Duration: 60 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Tommie Dell Smith

Stars: Alasdair Fraser

IMDb score: 9,4 (13)

Releasedate: 16 October 2016

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The Groove Is Not Trivial plot

For many years, the Scottish former industrial engineer Fraser has been organizing popular fiddle camps in various countries for violin and cello players, dancers and singers of all levels and ages: from children to the elderly. He ensures that the musicians regain the self-confidence that they have often lost in the conventional, performance-oriented (music) world. Dancing is part of it, because a strong rhythm – the so addictive groove – is, according to Fraser, an essential element of music that is often neglected in classical music. The film shows how the disguised ideologue Fraser inspires, motivates and takes the participants into his 'utopian dream'. For him, traditional Scottish music has an undeniable political charge: it is an essential part of a culture that has long been suppressed.