Tony Lawrence

略歴

Tony Lawrence is an American singer originally from St. Kitts. As a child, he moved with his family to Virginia, and later New York City. He became known as "The Continental Dreamboat". Lawrence appeared in Paris in 1964. In 1965, he had a successful nationwide tour on behalf of the "Teen 'N Tea Caravan", sponsored by the Tea Council of the U.S.A. In 1968 Lawrence was director of the Harlem Cultural Festival.

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サマー・オブ・ソウル(あるいは、革命がテレビ放映されなかった時)
Self
ウッドストックが開催された1969年の夏、160キロ離れた場所で行われたもうひとつの歴史的音楽フェスティバル「ハーレム・カルチュラル・フェスティバル」にスポットを当てた音楽ドキュメンタリー。スティービー・ワンダー、B・B・キング、マヘリア・ジャクソン、ニーナ・シモンらブラックミュージックのスターが集結し、30万人以上が参加しながらも、その様子を記録した映像は約50年間も地下室に埋もれたままになっていた。4度のグラミー賞受賞者で、エミネムやジェイ・Zのプロデューサーとしても知られるアミール・“クエストラブ”・トンプソンが初監督を務め、黒人の歴史やカルチャー、ファッション、音楽の大々的な発表の場となった同フェスティバルの全貌を、貴重な映像や当時のインタビュー、そして約50年の時を経てこの映像に初めて触れる当時の参加者たちの証言を交えながら描き出す。2021年サンダンス映画祭でドキュメンタリー部門の審査員大賞と観客賞を受賞。
Black Woodstock
Associate Producer
The Harlem Cultural Festival, also known as "Black Woodstock", was a series of music concerts held in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City during the summer of 1969 to celebrate African American music and culture and to promote the continued politics of black pride. The concerts took place in Harlem's Mount Morris Park on Sundays at 3PM from June 29, 1969 to August 24, 1969. The manifestation came soon after the Watts Riots, and the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.
Black Woodstock
Presenter
The Harlem Cultural Festival, also known as "Black Woodstock", was a series of music concerts held in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City during the summer of 1969 to celebrate African American music and culture and to promote the continued politics of black pride. The concerts took place in Harlem's Mount Morris Park on Sundays at 3PM from June 29, 1969 to August 24, 1969. The manifestation came soon after the Watts Riots, and the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.