For Love & Country (2022)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 1H 41M
Director : Joshua Kissi
Synopsis
Country music has always been Black music. For Love & Country examines the genre's past through the lens of a new generation of Black artists claiming space in Nashville, and transforming country music in the process.
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