Black music, des chaînes de fer aux chaînes d'or is a French 2008 documentary film about African-American music.
Synopsis Funk, Soul, Rap, Jazz, Swing... For almost two centuries, from the cotton fields of the Deep South to the ghettos in the Bronx, black music has marked the beat of Afro-Americans fight for emancipation. Black American music is a cultural revolution. Its history is political. Its beat makes the world dance.
Awards The film received the Espace Monde Musicafrica Prize at the 2010 Vues d'Afrique film festival in Montreal.
See also Black Soul, a 2002 animated documentary about Black history and music
References
External links Watch the film online at Vimeo (in French)