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Only the Strong Survive

Quinzaine 2002 | Feature film | 1h35

Many of the great names in soul music have passed into musical heaven : Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells among them. Some 25 years after the hits stopped coming, what has happened to the music that is today listened to the world over and which served as the inspiration for rap and hip-hop ? What happened when disco took over? In the summer of 1999, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, with journalist Roger Friedman, launched into a mission to find and record the great soul stars who never stopped working : Rufus Thomas, Wilson Pickett, Sam Moore (of Sam and Dave), Mary Wilson (of The Supremes), Carla Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Jerry Butler et les Chi Lites. How do they keep going ? Indeed, as Jerry Butler sings in the film, « Only the Strong Survive».

Artistic & technical sheet

Image
Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Erez Laufer, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker

Sound
Chris Hegedus, John Paul Pennebaker, Kit Pennebaker

Editing
Chris Hegedus, Erez Laufer, D.A. Pennebaker

Music
Jerry Butler, The Chi Lites, Isaac Hayes, Sam Moore, Ann Peebles, Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Mary Wilson

production : Roger Friedman et Frazer Pennebaker Pennebaker & Hegedus Films 262 West 91st Street, New York NY 10024, Etats-Unis tél. : (1 212) 496 9195, fax : (1 212) 496 8195 info@pennebakerhegedusfilms.com ventes à l’étranger : Miramax International 99 Hudson Street, 5st floor, New York NY 10013, Etats-Unis tél. : (1 212) 219 4100, fax : (1 212) 941 3836 presse : Jean Pierre Vincent, 12 rue Paul Baudry, 75008 Paris, France tél. : 33 (0)1 42 25 23 80, fax : 33 (0)1 42 89 54 34 vincenjp@club-internet.fr

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