Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy (2017)

Directed by

Cheryl Fabio

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells how postwar changes in West Oakland affected African Americans and their blues music legacy. It focuses on the musicians and the community's cultural heritage.

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What happens

Evolutionary Blues: West Oakland's Music Legacy, is a 2017 United States documentary film directed by Cheryl Fabio and co-produced by director herself with KTOP and Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice. The film revolves around the musician West Oakland and the Oakland Blues where described how postwar development impacted African Americans and their musical heritage. The film received positive reviews and won several awards at international film festivals. The film premiered at the Grand Lake Theatre on 27 September 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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