September 9
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Awar veteran is determined to bring order back to his classroom at a boys high school overrun by delinquents. Blackboard Jungle was also the first major studio film to use rock & roll on the soundtrack; the film's success kick-started sales of "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets, which helped spark rock & roll.
October 14
Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
To stop having to listen to an inept but dedicated troupe of Finnish accordian musicians, a record producer advises them to go to America, and paints a glowing picture of the success they will enjoy there. 7 lads and one very frozen corpse dress as true hipster musicians (ducktails, sunglasses, fur coats, pointy-toed shoes) and head for New York, where a wise guy sends them off to Mexico to play his cousin's wedding (he apparently hates his cousin).
November 11
Soul To Soul (1971)
In 1971 some of the greatest artists in popular music history traveled from the United States to Ghana, West Africa, to take part in a 14-hour musical celebration, Soul To Soul.
This award-winning film combines classic concert performances with scenes documenting the artists getting in touch with their roots as they return to the cultural motherland. See Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, Santana, Roberta Flack, The Staple Singers, and more.
Pardon our signal! The WCBN antenna is rusting away. We'll get a new one after the end of analog TV in February.
