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19 de nov. de 2019 · Digging for Weldon Irvine: Directed by Victorious De Costa. With Q-Tip, Lalah Hathaway, Bobbito Garcia, Thelonious Monk Jr.. What happens to a dream deferred? Langston Hughes' cautionary prose has been the stimulus for some of the most important artistic offerings of the 20th century.
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- Victorious De Costa
- 2019-11-19
Digging For Weldon Irvine explores the enduring legacy of a man deeply vital to the culture of black freedom expression, yet is somehow overlooked within that very lexicon. Learn more about the authorized documentary here.
The official website of forthcoming Jazz documentary, Digging for Weldon Irvine directed by Victorious De Costa. Digging for Weldon Irvine not only tells the story of Weldon Irvine, Jr - mentor of Q-Tip, Lenny White, Yasiin Bey, Bernard Wright and lyricist of Nina Simone's To Be Young Gifted and Black, but also touches on Mental Wellness in the ...
The following year, Madlib released the full-length album A Tribute to Brother Weldon. In 2008, Q-Tip mentions Weldon in his song "Shaka", a tribute to the people who have helped him throughout the years and those who have died. In 2019, a feature-length documentary, Digging for Weldon Irvine, was released by director Victorious De ...
17 de mar. de 2021 · Presented by BLK Docs on April 8-9, 2021. See more at www.BLKDocs.com Explore the enduring legacy of deep, yet overlooked, musician & composer Weldon Irvine. And please join us for the live Q&A...
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Irvine, who wrote over 500 songs and over 50 plays, relentlessly strived to reinvent himself within an industry and a world that didn’t always reciprocate, understand or appreciate his voice. A hovering backdrop of generational burdens, toxic vices, and unapologetic blackness paint the complexities that sing an all too familiar refrain of the ...
8 de abr. de 2021 · But with his deep influence on the Black Arts Movement, the evolution of hip-hop, and the development of some of the most well-known figures in modern jazz, “Digging For Weldon Irvine” explores how prolific the man who penned Nina Simone’s electrifying civil rights anthem “Young, Gifted and Black” was, and how relentlessly ...
