For the second year in a row, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is collaborating with American Tobacco to present Movies on the Lawn. This summer’s series features four music documentaries that will take you on a journey from music fan to concert goer to reminiscing with iconic songwriting legends.
Screenings are free and open to the public and begin at dusk (9 p.m.) on the main lawn at the American Tobacco Campus.
Schedule of screenings:
June 24, 9 p.m.
TROUBADOURS / Morgan Neville
Troubadours traces Carole King, James Taylor and the singer/songwriter scene during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The film also interweaves the intriguing story of the ‘world famous’ Troubadour club that cemented their musical legacy.
Official Website and Trailer for Troubadours
July 15, 9 p.m.
SOUL POWER / Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
In 1974, the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Africa for a 12-hour, three-night long concert held in Kinshasa, Zaire. Soul Power finally provides today’s audience the opportunity to experience this historic musical event in all of its magnificent, filmed glory.
Official Website and Trailer for Soul Power
August 12, 9 p.m.
ONE NIGHT IN KERNERSVILLE / Rodrigo Dorfman
DO IT AGAIN / Robert Patton-Spruill
One Night in Kernersville, winner of the 2011 Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short, tells the story of how Jazz bassist John Brown and his big band do justice to the swing tradition in this well-paced recording session doc. In Do It Again, an intrepid reporter sets out to reunite the Kinks, collecting spontaneous performances by some of rock’s royalty along the way.
Watch Trailer for One Night in Kernersville
Official Website and Trailer for Do It Again
Photographs from the 2010 Full Frame Movies on the Lawn series:
