Only the Strong Survive

Genre: Documentary, Music

Runtime: 95 mins

Rated: PG-13

Release Date: 2002

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY:

Chris Hegedus

DIRECTED BY:

D.A. Pennebaker

CAST INCLUDES:

Wilson Pickett, Sam Moore, Mary Wilson

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

A brilliant documentary about the careers and lives of iconic artists of the 60s and 70s, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla & Rufus Thomas, and Booker T. & the MGs, all of whom recorded under the legendary Stax Records. This Cannes Film Festival C.I.C.A.E. Award nominee is directed by Chris Hegedus (STARTUP.COM, THE WAR ROOM) and D.A. Pennebaker (BOB DYLAN: DON'T LOOK ABCK, THE WAR ROOM). The New York Times raves, "The classic soul that pumps, struts, growls and cries through Only the Strong Survive is so adrenalized that young audiences encountering the music for the first time could easily find themselves converted into old fogies."

SYNOPSIS

Stax Records launched the careers of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla & Rufus Thomas, and Booker T. & The MGs back in the 1960s and 70s. But then disco hit big and all but wiped soul music off the map. This documentary harkens back to the golden era of soul and catches up with the carriers of the Stax dynasty, including Wilson Pickett, Sam Moore, Mary Wilson, Isaac Hayes, and The Chi Lites.

Only the Strong Survive

Genre: Documentary, Music

Runtime: 95 mins

Rated: PG-13

Release Date: 2002

Countries: USA

Languages: English

DIRECTED BY

Chris Hegedus

DIRECTED BY

D.A. Pennebaker

CAST INCLUDES

"The classic soul that pumps, struts, growls and cries through Only the Strong Survive is so adrenalized that young audiences encountering the music for the first time could easily find themselves converted into old fogies."

New York Times

"The film offers a terrific lineup, performers whose ability to enthrall audiences is undiminished years after their peak of popularity."

Los Angeles Times

"It gets to you, watching R&B legends such as Sam Moore, Jerry Butler, the Chi-Lites, Carla Thomas and the names above dig deeper into the music they made in the Sixties and Seventies."

Rolling Stone