Chicago, Illinois Oct 6, 2021 (Issuewire.com) - 2CHi Entertainment LLC is pleased to announce the debut of its long-awaited documentary film, The Woodstock of House (Woodstock) in three international film festivals in October 2021.
Woodstock details the triumph of a genre of music that was attacked and almost destroyed by mainstream America in the late 1970s for being too black, too Latin, and too gay. The film explores the music's creation, development, and re-birth as House Music by disaffected African American teenagers on the south side of Chicago and its growth to becoming the 3rd largest musical genre in the world.
Woodstock illuminates the significance of house music not just upon the international music industry, but upon world culture. Known for its upbeat tempos and positive lyrics – house music is revered for its themes of love, peace, and unity.
Woodstock includes live footage from the annual Chosen Few Music Festival – dubbed the Woodstock of House – the oldest one-day outdoor house music gathering in the United States, that draws 50,000 house music lovers. The film features The Chosen Few DJs, the founders of the music festival, as well as musicians, entertainers, house music fans, and music historians. Despite Chicago’s reputation for violence, this annual music celebration has been without any violent incidents in its 30-year history.
Directors Rodrick F. Wimberly and Senuwell Smith – longtime friends, Chicago natives, and house music lovers, created the vision for this film.
“What we wanted to do with this film is to showcase this little-known piece of history about a music genre that is all about peace, love, unity, and community. And, for one day in the city of Chicago, thousands of people come together to celebrate the music and those values embodied by the House Music culture,” said Wimberly, who is also a producer, executive producer, and co-writer of the film.
“House music is energetic and takes you to another place that you can lose track of time,” said Smith. “The fact that this music continues to endure speaks to its powerful appeal to make you feel good.”
Woodstock will be the opening film at the Gary International Black Film Festival in Gary, IN on October 8. The film will premiere in California on October 9 at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival in San Jose, CA. Woodstock will also be shown as part of the virtual screenings line-up October 24-29 at the Tallgrass Film Association film festival in Wichita, KS.
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