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Thunder soul / Snoot Entertainment presents ; Jamie Foxx presents ; directed by Mark Landsman ; produced by Keith Calder, Mark Landsman, Jessica Wu.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Landsman, Mark, director, producer.
Calder, Keith, producer.
Wu, Jessica, producer.
Foxx, Jamie, narrator.
Kashmere Stage Band, performer.
Snoot Entertainment (Firm), production company.
Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm), production company.
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Johnson, Conrad O. (Conrad Oberon), 1915-2008.
Johnson, Conrad O.
Band directors--United States.
Band directors.
United States.
Kashmere Stage Band.
Funk (Music).
Genre:
Documentary films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
Santa Monica, CA : Lionsgate, [2011]
Language Note:
English dialogue; with optional English and Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD, NTSC; widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
digital
optical
Dolby digital 5.1
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Summary:
The story of high school band leader "Prof" Johnson, who took the jazz band of Kashmere High School, Houston, and transformed them into the legendary funk powerhouse in the 1970s. Now decades later, his students prepare to gather and celebrate him.
Participant:
Jamie Foxx, narrator.
Credits:
Jamie Foxx, narrator ; co-producer, Conrad Johnson, Jr. ; cinematographer, Sandra Chandler ; editor, Claire Didier.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010.
Special features: audio commentary with Mark Landsman and Claire Didier; never-before-seen footage from Prof & the Band documentary, 1974; trailer.
OCLC:
762865925
Publisher Number:
031398148074
31870 Lionsgate

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