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The Secret Disco Revolution

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Alice Echols, Michael Musto, Gloria Gaynor, Thelma Houston and others appear in filmmaker Jamie Kastner's exploration of disco music's empowerment of women, blacks and homosexuals.
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Kyle Smith New York Post "The Secret Disco Revolution" laughably fails to turn Barry White and Donna Summer into the Che Guevara and Emma Goldman of the dance floor. Rated: 2/4 Jun 28, 2013 Full Review David DeWitt New York Times Faddish taste may be interesting for some, but for others it will devolve into the banal, as cultural history as well as entertainment. Rated: 2.5/5 Jun 28, 2013 Full Review Moira MacDonald Seattle Times The veil is lifted on this secret movement, one that everyone else thought was just about dancing and doing coke. Rated: 3/4 Jun 27, 2013 Full Review Pat Padua Spectrum Culture Disco deserves better. Rated: 2/5 Aug 30, 2018 Full Review John Fink The Film Stage The film's strongest moments are in its case for what brought down disco including its broad expansion via radio. Rated: B Aug 8, 2016 Full Review Glenn Dunks Glenn Dunks While there is plenty of interest in Kastner's documentary, anybody with more than a passing knowledge of the disco era will know most of it already. Rated: C- Sep 5, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Perhaps because I remember the disco era, and I loved the music, I liked this movie more than I should have. Some of the interviews are intriguing, the music is incredible, and the video footage (from the files) is great. The best section deals with Studio 54--a trip all by itself. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member I watched it sober. Not the recommended approach to an argument that disco is the musical embodiment of the feminist critique of patriarchy. In a different mood I might have been able to consider Donna Summer's Love to Love you Baby as a rejection of the three-minute sex act! Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Great film about disco. Awful premise. Great footage and interviews with some of disco's creators and haters. Definitely can get thru 1 hour and 24 minutes and feel good about it. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member THE SECRET DISCO REVOLUTION has a great premise at its core--investigating disco fever from a socio-political perspective--something disco truly deserves. Sadly, DISCO gets all wrapped up in the music biz and hedonism and loses its way. A VH-1 doc at best. Another missed opp at the bijou :( Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Miz B W Maybe disco was really just about having a good time. Getting all academic about it seemed over the top for me. Although the whole gay liberation perspective actually made sense to me. I was too young during the disco era to be aware of anything like that. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/15 Full Review Audience Member The disco documentary is contains too funky music from the beginning to the end. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Jamie Kastner

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Peter Keleghan

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Jamie Kastner

Screenwriter

Jamie Kastner

Producer

Derek Rogers

Cinematographer

Greg West

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Synopsis Alice Echols, Michael Musto, Gloria Gaynor, Thelma Houston and others appear in filmmaker Jamie Kastner's exploration of disco music's empowerment of women, blacks and homosexuals.
Director
Jamie Kastner
Producer
Jamie Kastner
Screenwriter
Jamie Kastner
Production Co
Cave 7 Productions Inc.
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 7, 2014
Runtime
1h 25m
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