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The War on Disco

📅 2023 ⭐ 6.7 🕐 51 min US US
IMDb tt29733487 TMDB 1196019 Official Site
Documentary History TV Movie

The War on Disco explores the culture war that erupted over the spectacular rise of disco music. Originating in underground Black and gay clubs, disco had unseated rock as America’s most popular music by the late 1970s. But many diehard rock fans viewed disco, with its repetitive beat and culture that emphasized pleasure, as shallow and superficial. A story that’s about much more than music, The War on Disco explores how the powerful anti-disco backlash revealed a cultural divide that to some seemed to be driven by racism and homophobia. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” during a baseball game in Chicago.

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Cast
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Director Lisa Quijano Wolfinger Editor Jed Rauscher Executive Producer Cameo George Executive Producer Susan Bellows Producer Lisa Quijano Wolfinger Producer Nicole London Producer Rushmore DeNooyer Writer Rushmore DeNooyer
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American Experience Films
US
GBH
US
Lone Wolf Media
US
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