Hugh Masekela
Also Known As: Bra Hugh
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Witbank, South Arfrica
Adult: No
Deathday: January 23, 2018
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Blue Notes and Exiled Voices
Overview: An affectionate portrait of exiled South African musicians in London, featuring Louis Moholo, Pinise Saul and Hugh Masekela.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Overview: The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge. This documentary by Lee Hirsch recounts a fascinating and little-known part of South Africa's political history through archival footage, interviews and, of course, several mesmerizing musical performances.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-21
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Monterey Pop
Overview: Featuring performances by popular artists of the 1960s, this concert film highlights the music of the 1967 California festival. Although not all musicians who performed at the Monterey Pop Festival are on film, some of the notable acts include the Mamas and the Papas, Simon & Garfunkel, Jefferson Airplane, the Who, Otis Redding, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hendrix's post-performance antics -- lighting a guitar on fire, breaking it and tossing a part into the audience -- are captured.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-26
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Sophiatown
Overview: Little Bird's first South African production, SOPHIATOWN has won the award for Best Documentary at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival 2003. SOPHIATOWN celebrates the great popular jazz music of the 1950's in South Africa; a rich tradition deserving international attention. Director Pascale Lamche, traces the music, uncovers the artists who created it and the unique culture in which it thrived, concentrated in Sophiatown, Johannesburg's own Harlem, which fuelled by liberation politics until its destruction by the Apartheid regime. The film features Nelson Mandela and such household names from the jazz world as Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, Jonas Gwangwa and Caiphus Semenya.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-16
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The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Overview: There was a time when the biggest names in pop music believed they could change the world for the better. Faced with the intolerance and excesses of the established authorities, music celebrities decided to use their prestige to draw attention to the problems that less favoured people in the world faced. Wembley Stadium, London, 1988: thousands of English people fill one of the most famous football arenas in the world to celebrate an unforgettable pop music festival, with a lofty goal above entertainment - the celebration of the seventieth birthday of African leader Nelson Mandela.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Freedom Beat
Overview: On January 5, 1988, Artists Against Apartheid held a huge show in London to protest against the racist regime in South Africa, demanding the release of Nelson Mandela, jailed for 25 years for fighting to end prejudice against black people. British musicians like Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello and Sting joined beloved bands like Style Council and Big Audio Dynamite, and black musicians of the calibre of Sade, Hugh Masekela, Maxi Priest and Princess, to show the world that there is no more tolerance. for racism.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-05
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Soul Power
Overview: Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in October 1974. The film was made from archival footage; other footage shot at the time focusing on the fight was edited to form the film When We Were Kings.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-06-10
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Alekesam
Overview: A father exiled from his country, a son exiled from his father, and their mutual attempt to connect to the world and each other through music.
Genres: Family Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-25
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I Am Thalente
Overview: Homeless since the age of nine, South African skateboarder Thalente Biyela travels to the US to pursue his dream of becoming a professional skateboarder. Through his eyes, we experience what it takes to rise up out of circumstance and escape a lifetime on the streets.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-15
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The Journey – Stories from the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-05
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Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert
Overview: Singer Paul Simon and several African musicians perform a concert to benefit victims of apartheid in South Africa.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-20
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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Overview: Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th birthday of imprisoned ANC leader Nelson Mandela. Highlight of the evening is the one hour live performance of Dire Straits feat. Eric Clapton.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-11
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Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella
Overview: A 1990 PBS documentary around the topic of A cappella music. Artists that performed as part of the documentary include The Mint Juleps, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Rockapella and The Persuasions. It also stars Spike Lee, Debbie Allen and a cameo appearance by Samuel L. Jackson.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Overview: During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
Genres: Music Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-02
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We Are Universal
Overview: 1971 documentary short that surveys African American arts and culture, drawing inspiration from the “Black Is Beautiful” movement. Restored by Pittsburgh Sound + Image.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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