(FJK MOVIE) DIARY OF A DECADE

(FJK MOVIE) DIARY OF A DECADE

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NEXT SCREENING: JUNE 15-16, 2012 – San Francisco Black Film Festival

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Click below to read about our previous screenings:

SCREENING CITIES:

Washington, DC

June 15-16 – San Francisco Black Film Festival (Official Selection)

Detroit, MI
Chicago, IL
August 3, 2012 -Philadelphia, PA – International House


“FunkJazz Kafé®: DIARY OF A DECADE” [Extended Film Trailer]

PRODUCED, WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY JASON ORR
for FunkJazz Kafé/ Life Arts Films

Full movie narrated by CHUCK D.


This film is the story of a cultural legend as told by the innovators of an important, and in some cases overlooked, era in Black culture. Spanning the late 1980′s through to the early 2000′s, this story goes deep into the fabric of soul music, it’s definitions, it’s pioneers, it’s offspring, it’s movements, the challenges with the “mainstream” industry as well as the evolution of the FunkJazz Kafé Arts & Music Festival, a music and artistic renaissance movement born out of Atlanta’s diverse musical and cultural arts heritage. The film covers the decade when Atlanta’s underground music scene became established on the world stage and a new generation of soul singers and musicians emerged. FunkJazz Kafé:Diary Of A Decade (The Story Of A Movement) also explores the question of how we got to live soul bands being non-existing in the commercial music landscape of the 21st century when there once was a plethora of soul and R&B bands since the creation of recorded music.

Appearances by:
CORNEL WEST, DICK GREGORY, DALLAS AUSTIN, ERYKAH BADU, CARON WHEELER, LARRY MIZELL, JOI GILLIAM, GEORGE CLINTON, CEE LO GREEN, JILL SCOTT, ROY AYERS, JAMIE FOXX, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, LIL’ JOHN ROBERTS, THE CHRONICLE, GOODIE MOB, DOUG E. FRESH, JANELLE MONAE, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO, CHUCK D, PROFESSOR GRIFF, OMAR LYE-FOOK, MC LYTE, TALIB KWELI, COMMON, JAMAL AHMAD, ANTHONY DAVID, RAY MURRAY, ANDRE 3000, N’DEA DAVENPORT, ALGEBRA, LERONDE WILLIAMS, KEVIN POWELL, LOOSE ENDS, BILAL, DIONNE FARRIS, VAN HUNT, ERIC ROBERSON, DONNIE, LADY ALMA, BONE CRUSHER, STICMAN of DEAD PREZ, DJ KEMIT and SPEECH.

See reviews on “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary Of A Decade (The Story Of A Movement) from

Rolling Out Magazine, Blues & Soul Magazine and Total Eclipse Magazine below:


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BEHIND THE SCENE PHOTOS

Here are some “Behind The Scene” images while making “FunkJazz Kafé: Diary of A Decade (The Story Of A Movement)” over the years of interviewing our large cast.