Movies: Curtis Mayfield
- 1974
Claudine (1974)
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Claudine is a single mother in New York City who endures an exhausting commute to the suburbs where she works as a maid for wealthy families. In one carefully tended white community, she meets Roop, a charismatic but irresponsible garbage collector. ...
- 1978
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
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A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of The Beatles, this musical uses s...
- 1972
Super Fly (1972)
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Priest, a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie, Priest devises a scheme that will allow him to make a big deal and then retire. When a desperate st...
- 1975
Let's Do It Again (1975)
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Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orlea...
- 1977
A Piece of the Action (1977)
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How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how?...
- 1977
Short Eyes (1977)
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A young man who is charged with child molestation is placed in New York City’s infamous Tombs prison. When the other inmates in his cell block find out what he is charged with, life becomes extremely difficult for him....
- 1976
Sparkle (1976)
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Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s....
- 2008
Movin' on Up: The Music and Message of Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions (2008)
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Movin' On Up is the definitve documentary on one of the most important artists and greatest groups of all time....
- 1973
Save the Children (1973)
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A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack....
- 2024
One-Hit Wonders at the BBC: Volume Two (2024)
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This is a look into the darkest corners of the BBC’s music archives for a reminder of songs by the likes of The Las, The Mock Turtles, Joan Jett and Kim Carnes. There are also some surprising names on the list: Don Henley, Patti Smith, Curtis Mayfiel...
- 2002
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
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With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than a complete record. It features interviews with some of the genre's biggest stars, like Fred William...
- 2015
Kings of Soul (2015)
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A documentary celebrating the men whose vocal stylings have carried the torch for soul across six decades.. Featuring footage of Brenton Wood performing Gimme Little Sign and Curtis Mayfield singing Keep On Keeping On, as well as appearances by Billy...
- 1974
Dead Is Dead (1974)
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An educational video exploring drug addiction, including footage of real-life addicts going through rehab therapy....
- 2004
Curtis Mayfield: Live at Montreux 1987 (2004)
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Curtis Mayfield was one of the dominant figures of soul music for three decades. This performance, filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1987, finds Curtis on fine form. His distinctive falsetto vocals and fine gutiar playing are evidence on a clas...
- 2003
Guitar Heroes: In Concert (2003)
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The Guitar is the uncrowned king of rock ‘n’ roll instruments. Live, without any safety net, our Guitar Heroes make their instruments sing, laugh and cry, rage and rejoice as they dazzle you with their virtuoso finger-work, sheer power, and infectiou...
- 2001
Curtis Mayfield: Live at Ronnie Scott's (2001)
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This Concert film from 1988 captures the full power of one of the giants of black American music in performance and, as a bonus, also includes an Interview Mayfield gave at the time to life-long fan Paul Weller....