Black Magic – Soundtrack (CD)
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Dan Klores built his reputation documenting the intersections of American culture and history, and Black Magic stands as one of his most resonant works. The soundtrack earns its weight by grounding the film's civil rights era storytelling in the actual music those players and coaches grew up hearing, soul and R&B that was itself a form of cultural resistance during the 1960s.
All-star soundtrack for Dan Klores' film Black Magic creates a stirring companion for the documentary, which examines the civil rights movement of the 1960s through the remembrances of basketball coaches and players active at historically black colleges during the era. The CD features the Classic Soul and R&B recordings by artists including Ray Charles, Arthur Conley, Earth, Wind & Fire, Booker T. & the MGs, Tower of Power and others. Jazz icon Wynton Marsalis, actor Samuel L. Jackson and the NBA's Chris Paul provide narration for BLACK MAGIC. Among those interviewed are coaches Bobby Cremins and John Chaney, player/coach Avery Johnson, players Ben Wallace and Charles Oakley with historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates. The film is produced by former New York Knick Earl 'the Pearl' Monroe and Dan Klore.
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UPC: 081227993672
Label: Rhino
Release Date: 3.11.08
Format: CD