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Soul America (2020)

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Show title: Soul America

IMDb score: 8,0 (22)

Episodes: 3

Playing time: 2 hour and 45 minutes

Developed by: Mark Cooper

Origin: United Kingdom

Releasedate: Friday 4 September 2020

First aired on: BBC Four (Verenigd Koninkrijk)

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Soul America plot

Soul music took off in America in the 1950s when Motown marketed the artists through records and TV appearances. At that time, the artists were discriminated against as much as the 'ordinary' black population. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, persistent inequality, poverty and racism hardened the music style. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, a new kind of soul emerged, slow jams and sexual healing.

Episodes Season 1 (2020)

  1. 1. Amazing Grace

    4 September 2020 (59 minutes)

  2. 2. Say It Loud

    11 September 2020 (48 minutes)

  3. 3. Sweet Love

    18 September 2020 (58 minutes)

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Grin

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Conventional but concise documentary about the rise of American soul during the second half of the twentieth century. The story begins in the 1950s with the emergence of great gospel and jazz stars through the live circuit and ends in the 1980s with the emergence of conventional pop stars with a 'soul' profile such as Lionel Richie and Whitney Houston.

Well-known names such as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye (his years in Ostend!) and Luther Vandross are all featured. Only in the last episode did the occasional name pop up that was not familiar to me, such as Millie Jackson (I'll look it up in a minute!) and Peabo Bryson (didn't appeal to me much). The biggest downside is the limited duration, which means that it is of course only possible to briefly discuss artists whose career is interesting enough to devote at least a full hour to it. An absolute giant like Stevie Wonder got away with it

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