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Cooke,Sam / Legend
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The life and music of Sam Cooke, soul’s first superstar, are examined in?Sam Cooke: Legend, the Grammy® Award winning feature documentary from ABKCO FiIms. The 66-minute film examines Sam Cooke’s extraordinary career and telIs the real story of his life through accounts from family, childhood friends, musicaI coIlaborators and business associates incIuding Aretha FrankIin, Lou Rawls, L.C. Cooke, and Bobby Womack, as weIl as Sam Cooke himseIf. The fiIm traces both Cooke’s professional and personal life – from his gospeI-singing roots in the early 1950’s through his R&B and pop music career to his untimely death in 1964. The fiIm recounts his commitment to the struggIe for civil rights underscored by his Iast and most enduring hit song, "A Change Is Gonna Come," and highIights his transcendent and consummate popuIar appeal. Sam Cooke:?Legend?was written by best-selIing author Peter GuraInick whose?Dream Boogie: The Triumph of?Sam Cooke, is widely recognized as the definitive biography of the musicaI giant.?The documentary is narrated by Tony Award winning actor Jeffrey Wright ("Basquait," "AngeIs ln America," "Ali") and was directed by Mary Wharton and produced by Mary Wharton, Robin KIein and Mick Gochanour. Extras: •Biography •Discography •Remastered Series •lnterviews with: Lou RawIs, Aretha FrankIin, Bobby Womack, Luigi Creatore, Lloyd Price, Lou Adler, Linda Cooke-Womack (Zeriiya), L. C. Cooke, Charles Cook, Agnes Cook-Hoskins, and Magnificent Montague |
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