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The Documentary; The Politics Of Dancing: How Disco Changed The World

The Documentary: The Politics Of Dancing: How Disco Changed The World

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The Politics Of Dancing: How Disco Changed The World

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The Politics Of Dancing: How Disco Changed The World

Martha Reeves uncovers the politics of disco music.

Martha Reeves uncovers the politics of disco music, bringing together strands of gay liberation and racial integration.

Disco is one of the most maligned and misunderstood of musical genres, thought to be musically vapid, hedonistic and frivolous. 

Far from it. Disco was utopian and subversive, and political to its core. 

Born in New York's deepest underground, it brought together strands of gay liberation and post civil rights racial integration. Disco put into practice what the 60s preached. 

This feature uncovers the politics of the disco movement, beginning in the lofts of New York and culminating in a racially charged backlash and the mass burning of disco records in football stadiums across America.

Presented by Martha Reeves, with contributions from Nile Rodgers, Gloria Gaynor, Frankie Knuckles, Jocelyn Brown, Nicky Siano and Vince Aletti.

Producer: Simon Hollis
A Brook Lapping production for BBC World Service.

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