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Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

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It was the summer of 1979 and Disco had taken over the world. For the first time, Black, gay and female artists were dominating the charts. But a backlash was brewing. On a July night in 1979, nearly 50,000 White teenagers descended on Chicago's Comiskey Park for "Disco Demolition Night," where they destroyed records made by mostly Black artists. Many say that the birth of house music comes from this fateful evening. Mixing cinematic recreation, archival materials, and revelatory interviews with the pioneers of house music, MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE tells this story in a new way, offering a celebration of the power the dance floor has to liberate us all, and an appreciation of the artists that kept the beat going all night long.

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Tim Grierson Screen International The documentary’s dramatic recreations often come across as stagy, but having individuals like Lawrence speak their truth in their own words is affecting enough. Jan 27, 2025 Full Review Jacob Oller AV Club Elegance Bratton gets great access to the founders of house music, but loosely arranges what he gets out of them into a history lesson that seems to be missing a few pages from the syllabus. Rated: C- Jan 27, 2025 Full Review Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) You’ll want to spin some disco and house records and throw your shock jock-attuned FM radio out of the window by the end, a testament to [Elegance] Bratton’s nifty look back at how the genre got its wings. Jan 29, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis It was the summer of 1979 and Disco had taken over the world. For the first time, Black, gay and female artists were dominating the charts. But a backlash was brewing. On a July night in 1979, nearly 50,000 White teenagers descended on Chicago's Comiskey Park for "Disco Demolition Night," where they destroyed records made by mostly Black artists. Many say that the birth of house music comes from this fateful evening. Mixing cinematic recreation, archival materials, and revelatory interviews with the pioneers of house music, MOVE YA BODY: THE BIRTH OF HOUSE tells this story in a new way, offering a celebration of the power the dance floor has to liberate us all, and an appreciation of the artists that kept the beat going all night long.
Director
Elegance Bratton
Producer
Chester Algernal Gordon
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 32m