Join Dr. Charles Hughes and special guests as they take a journey through key parts of the Stax Records collection. Each week, everyone will listen to an album or series of tracks in real time, followed by a short presentation, and then audience response to the music.
In November, we’ll discuss rarely heard but deeply moving tracks from the Stax catalog, including rarities by The 24-Carat Black, John Gary Williams, and a ….
Film screenings in conjunction with Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records, on view at Crosstown Arts through Dec. 2.
November screening: Shaft (1971)
Propelled by the Academy Award-winning soundtrack by Isaac Hayes, Private Investigator John Shaft must overcome militants, the Mafia, and crooked cops to recover the kidnapped daughter of a Harlem mobster. A Soul Cinema classic!
Film screenings in conjunction with Give a Damn! Music + Activism at Stax Records, on view at Crosstown Arts through Dec. 2.
October screening: Wattstax (1973)
Classic film documenting life in Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles and the 1972 concert at the L.A. Coliseum featuring an incredible roster of Stax Records artists including Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, The Bar-Kays, and many more.
Join Dr. Charles Hughes and special guests as they take a journey through key parts of the Stax Records collection. Each week, everyone will listen to an album or series of tracks in real time, followed by a short presentation, and then an audience response to the music.
On October 9, we will focus on “Soul Folk in Action,” the first Staple Singers record on Stax, recorded in early 1968.
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