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Title Black wax / Mug-Shot Productions ; a film by Robert Mugge ; words and music by Gil Scott-Heron ; producer, director, Robert Mugge.

Publication Info. Pottstown, PA : MVD Visual, [2015]
©1982

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD 782.4216 BLA    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda
Description digital optical rda
DVD-video NTSC rda
video file DVD video region 0 rda
Motion picture.
System Details DVD; region 0; fullscreen presentation.
Cast Gil Scott-Heron, vocals, piano ; The Midnight Band (Ed Brady, guitar ; Robert Gordon, bass ; Glen "Astro" Turner, keyboards, harmonica ; Kenny Powell, drums ; Larry MacDonald, percussion ; Carl Cornwell, sax, flute, piano ; Vernon James, sax, flute ; Ron Holloway, sax ; Kenny Sheffield, trumpet, flugelhorn).
Credits Director of photography, Steadicam operator, Lawrence McConkey ; editor, Robert Mugge.
Note DVD release of the 1982 motion picture.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Summary Shot entirely on location in Washington, D.C., primarily at the Wax Museum nightclub and on the streets of the city Mr. Scott-Heron long considered his home. Robert Mugge's 1982 film showcases the art, the life, and the personality of the great African American poet-singer-songwriter-author Gil Scott-Heron whom many have called the forefather of hip-hop and socially-conscious rap music, and whom UK music weekly Melody Maker once dubbed "the most dangerous musician alive." One of the first music films commissioned by Andy Park of Britain's Channel 4 Television, Black wax was also one of the first productions ever to utilize Steadicam from beginning to end, thanks to pioneering Steadicam operator Lawrence McConkey.
Note Bonus song: Is that jazz?
Subject Scott-Heron, Gil, 1949-2011.
Scott-Heron, Gil, 1949-2011. (OCoLC)fst01759706
Political ballads and songs -- Washington (D.C.)
Political ballads and songs -- African Americans.
Protest songs -- United States.
Monologues with music (Jazz ensemble)
Jazz-rock (Music)
African Americans -- Music.
Rap (Music) -- Influence -- History.
Hip-hop -- Influence -- History.
Waxworks -- Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) -- Music.
Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans.
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
Hip-hop -- Influence. (OCoLC)fst01765741
Jazz-rock (Music) (OCoLC)fst01736999
Monologues with music (Jazz ensemble) (OCoLC)fst01025617
Political ballads and songs. (OCoLC)fst01069210
Protest songs. (OCoLC)fst01079869
Waxworks. (OCoLC)fst01172938
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Washington (D.C.) (OCoLC)fst01204505
Genre/Form Political films. (OCoLC)fst01710460
Musical films. (OCoLC)fst01710273
Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
Filmed performances. (OCoLC)fst01726178
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Music. (OCoLC)fst01423855
Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
Musical films.
Political films.
Filmed performances.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Added Author Scott-Heron, Gil, 1949-2011, composer, performer, poet, musician, author.
Mugge, Robert, 1950- film director.
Mug-Shot Productions, production company.
Midnight Band, performer.
Channel Four (Great Britain), production company.
Note Title on container: Gil Scott Heron in Black wax.
Standard No. 760137749592
ISBN 9780760137741
0760137749
Music No. MVD7495D MVD Visual
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