Sing Your Song
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 29, 2012
- Originally Released: 2011
- Label: New Video Group
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Russell Means & Quincy Jones | |
Directed by | Suzanne Rostock | |
Screenwriting by | Suzanne Rostock | |
Composition by | Hahn Rowe | |
Subject: | Harry Belafonte | |
Hosted by | Marge Champion, John Lewis, Ruby Dee, Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Desmond Tutu, Diahann Carroll, Nelson Mandela, The Smothers Brothers, Tom Smothers, Sidney Poitier, Julian Bond, George Schlatter, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Tony Bennett, Andrew Young, Whoopi Goldberg, Petula Clark & David Dinkins, Sr. |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/4 --
With excerpts of early clips of his first roles, to current interviews with him, the movie details a life of tremendous creativity and courage.
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New York Post
Rating: 4/5 --
With Belafonte narrating his own story, Sing Your Song increasingly feels more like a personal memoir than objective insight.
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Birmingham Mail
Rating: 4/5 --
This is a fascinating portrait of a man who has always had the courage of his convictions.
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Daily Express (UK)
Rating: B --
By far the best parts are the first two-thirds, with the star taking center stage in history as it unfolds.
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Newsday
4 stars out of 5 -- [A] detailed portrait of the 'Day-O' crooner that looks set to rival MARLEY as 2012's definitive showbiz documentary....Suzanne Rostock's film proves an inspiring watch...
Total Film
Sing Your Song is beautifully directed by Susanne Rostock to be as much about the man as it is about his times.
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Boston Globe
Rating: B --
Abundant archival footage is in part a saving grace.
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Uncle Barky
Product Description:
Harry Belafonte rose to fame in the 1950s as a singer and actor, bringing the Caribbean sounds of calypso music to the charts years before anyone coined the phrase "world music," and starring in a handful of hit movies, including CARMEN JONES and BUCK AND THE PREACHER. However, for Belafonte fame and wealth were never as important as the opportunities they created for him to make the world a better and more just place, and he's nearly as well known for his work as an activist as for his career in the arts. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr., fought against apartheid in South Africa long before it was common, spoke out for economic justice in America and abroad, raised money for famine relief in Africa, and condemned Joseph McCarthy's communist witch hunt (and was blacklisted for his troubles). Filmmaker Susanne Rostock offers a portrait of Belafonte as an artist, activist, and individual in the documentary SING YOUR SONG, in which he discusses his music and acting, what drove him to become an activist, the remarkable men and women he's worked with over the decades, and the triumphs and disappointments of his personal life. SING YOUR SONG was an official selection at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival.
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