Name: Legendary "Soul To Soul" 1971 concert with a talk & Q&A from Tony Fletcher
Start: 2024-05-11T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-11T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Orpheum Theatre - Upstate Films

Legendary "Soul To Soul" 1971 concert with a talk & Q&A from Tony Fletcher

The 1971 Independence Day concert in Accra, Ghana’s Black Market Square featured some of the most legendary acts of the time: Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, The Staple Singers, and Santana, all traveling together as part of a first ever truly African-American music festival. This award-winning documentary covers extensive footage of these unforgettable live performances in front of over 100,000 locals, along with the journey undertaken by the American musicians on their first visit to Africa, and their interactions with local Ghanaians in the days before the show. Fans of the movies Soul Power and Summer of Soul, especially, will want to see Soul To Soul, which has long been out of regular circulation.
“Soul to Soul will hook you." The New York Times
Tony Fletcher, author of "In the Midnight Hour: The Life and Soul of Wilson Pickett" will introduce the film with a talk about this monumental event and the film that resulted, and will conduct a post-film Q&A with the audience.