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Season 1 – Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution

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Musicians, promoters and innovators examine the rise and fall of disco and its continuing musical and cultural legacy.

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Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times 06/20/2024
“Soundtrack” hits all the important points over its three hours, cogently presented and mostly a lot of fun. Go to Full Review Sa'iyda Shabazz Autostraddle 06/17/2024
It was incredibly informative and did a really great job exploring the intersections of the cultures that contributed to disco. Go to Full Review Dan Einav Financial Times 01/18/2024
4/5
[Disco] is partly a Day-Glo celebration of heady extravagance and irresistible grooves. But it’s also an illuminating and sobering contemporary history that holds a mirror ball up to 1970s America and its race, sex and gender politics. Go to Full Review Johnny Loftus Decider 07/18/2024
Why rely on a music streaming service’s disco algorithm when you can build your own kicking playlist from the sound on display Revolution? Go to Full Review Matt Roush TV Insider 06/27/2024
3.5/5
Soundtrack of a Revolution also provides an entertaining and valuable cultural history of a turbulent time of sexual revolution and Vietnam War protest... Go to Full Review André Hereford Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) 06/08/2024
4/5
'Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution' captures the rise, fall, and rebirth of disco from all the right angles. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Anita Ward

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Nona Hendryx

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Candi Staton

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Ana Matronic

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Jake Shears

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Nicky Siano

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Dec 16, 2023 Rock the Boat Searching for a safe space to meet, New York's gay, Black and minority ethnic communities come together in basement bars to dance in the 1970s. Details Episode 2 Aired Dec 16, 2023 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now The pinnacle of disco culture during the 1970s, set against a backdrop of Black power and sexual liberation. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 16, 2023 Stayin' Alive By the summer of 1978, disco appeared untouchable, but mass marketing and rampant commercialism were beginning to turn the tide; bad disco singles and the perceived elitism of clubs like Studio 54 fuelled a surge in anti-disco feeling. Details

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Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
Grace Chapman, Louise Lockwood, Shianne Brown
Executive Producer
Alexander Leith
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Music, Documentary
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Dec 16, 2023