Special Guest: original band member & reunion architect Craig Baldwin will be in attendance for this one-time only screening
Told with style and pizzazz, the rousing documentary Thunder Soul celebrates the Kashmere Stage Band, a worldwide sensation in the 1970s that will forever change the way you think about high school bands. When Conrad O. Johnson, a music teacher at a predominantly black high school in Houston, replaced the staid stage band standards with contemporary funk, jazz, and original compositions, he changed the lives of his students forever. Not only did they become one of the best bands, professional or amateur, around, but they learned lessons that stayed with them long after graduation, as evidenced thirty-five years later, when the band reunited to pay tribute to the man who made it all possible.
Countries
United States- Awards
- Audience Award winner Hot Docs 2010
- Festivals
- SXSW, Seattle Int'l Film Festival, AFI Dallas Int'l Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, IDFA (Amsterdam)
- Director
- Mark Landsman
- Executive Producer
- Amy Kolsky
- Producer
- Keith Calder, Jessica Wu, Mark Landsman
- Cinematographer
- Sandra Chandler
- Editor
- Claire Didier
- Music
- David Torn
- Cast
- the Prof (Conrad Johnson), Craig Baldwin