Soul America (2020)
Synopsis
A three-part docuseries chronicling the journey of soul music, from its birth out of gospel and R&B in the 1960s, when it delivered an assertive, integrated vision of black America, and produced its first generation of stars including Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin.
Creator
Mark Cooper
Network
BBC Four
Episodes
Amazing Grace
This first episode travels through the South, from Muscle Shoals in Alabama to Stax in Memphis, taking a detour north to Detroit, to explore how Motown's most soulful achievement showed the whole world a successful, sophisticated image of black people, at a time when Motown musicians themselves were subject to the same treatment as any black American.
Say It Loud
How inequality, poverty and racism drove black American musicians to a harder soul sound in the late 60s and early 70s.
Sweet Love
How, in the 70s and 80s, a second coming of soul men offered a black female audience slow jams and sexual healing.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Soul America
Status
Returning Series
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Production
BBC Worldwide Productions
