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Robert Stigwood was producing a movie about the white middle-class
being consumed by disco. You know, Black music. Because Stigwood also owned
a record label, he made sure to use a film soundtrack
featuring his biggest artists, the Bee Gees, to sell the movie and help his potential audience
get over its fear of a Black planet. Soon, soundtracks would come
to dominate the pop charts and be expected to
because of the Black film example. It's one of the many lasting
and unheralded achievements of Black film of this era
being consumed by disco. You know, Black music. Because Stigwood also owned
a record label, he made sure to use a film soundtrack
featuring his biggest artists, the Bee Gees, to sell the movie and help his potential audience
get over its fear of a Black planet. Soon, soundtracks would come
to dominate the pop charts and be expected to
because of the Black film example. It's one of the many lasting
and unheralded achievements of Black film of this era
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Robert Stigwood was producing a movie
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about the white middle-class
being consumed by disco.
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You know, Black music.
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Because Stigwood also owned
a record label,
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he made sure to use a film soundtrack
featuring his biggest artists,
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the Bee Gees, to sell the movie
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and help his potential audience
get over its fear of a Black planet.
00:00:20.812 --> 00:00:24.023
Soon, soundtracks would come
to dominate the pop charts
00:00:24.106 --> 00:00:27.036
and be expected to
because of the Black film example.
00:00:27.443 --> 00:00:30.571
It's one of the many lasting
and unheralded achievements
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of Black film of this era.
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Movie Summary
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
