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EXCLUSIVE SYDNEY SCREENING of
THE BLACK POWER MIX TAPE 67-75

FEATURING

ANGELA DAVIS • ERYKAH BADU • BOBBY SEAL
?UESTLOVE [THE ROOTS] • STOKELY CARMICHAEL
TALIB KWELI • MELVIN VAN PEEBLES • HARRY BELAFONTE
JOHN FORTE [THE FUGEES] • HUEY P NEWTON + OTHERS

7PM WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH
CELLAR-UNDERGROUND BAR
OXFORD HOTEL, DARLINGHURST
ONLY $5 ON THE DOOR

Groovescooter Records and Eastside Radio 89.7

present the launch of their CELLAR-ULOID Sessions with an exclusive Sydney screening of Göran Olsson‘s Sundance Award-winning film The Black Power Mix Tape 67-75.



Mixing newly discovered footage from a Swedish filmmaker team’s trips to the US during the height of the Black Power Movement in the ’60s/’70s, audio interviews, contemporary commentary and an award-winning soundtrack by ?uestlove of The Roots, all combine for this formal, powerful mosaic that is both uplifting and thought-provoking in its impact. The film utilises an innovative format that riffs on the popular 70s ‘mixtape’, to create a cinematic and musical journey into the ghettos of America featuring some of the country’s most innovative recording artists.

With thanks to Curious Films

THE BLACK POWER MIX TAPE 67-75
FURTHER READING

At the end of the ’60s and into the early ’70s, European interest in the US Civil Rights Movement and the US anti-war movement peaked. With a combination of commitment and naiveté, Swedish filmmakers traveled across the Atlantic to explore the Black Power Movement, which was being alternately ignored or portrayed in the US media as a violent, nascent terrorist movement. Despite the obstacles they were confronted with, both from the conservative white American power establishment and from radicalized Movement members themselves, the Swedish filmmakers did not cease their investigation and ultimately formed bonds with key figures in the Movement, based on their common objective of realizing equal rights for all.

In the Black Power Mixtape filmmaker Göran Olsson brings this newly discovered footage to light and introduces it to a new generation across the world in a penetrating examination – through the lens of Swedish filmmakers – of the Black Power Movement from 1967-75, and its worldwide resonance. FIND OUT MORE

Featuring
Angela Davis: political activist, professor and author
Huey P. Newton: political activist, co-found Black Power Movement
Harry Belafonte: singer, recording artist, actor and activist
Kathleen Cleaver: Communications Secretary, Black Panther Party, professor
Bobby Seale: Co-founder of the Black Panther Party
Erykah Badu: recording artist
Robin Kelley: professor, author
John Forté: recording artist The Fugees
Talib Kweli: hip-hop recording artist
Melvin Van Peebles: actor, director
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson: music producer, DJ, drummer forThe Roots
Sonia Sanchez: poet, professor, associated with the Black Arts Movement

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presents

10th November – Graphic at Sydney Opera House – Sydney, NSW
13th November – Eclipse Festival – Port Douglas, QLD
15th November – Coolangatta Hotel – Gold Coast, QLD
16th November – The Arena – Brisbane, QLD
17th November – Golden Days Festival – Coolum, QLD

Fat Freddy’s Drop are not the type of band easily distracted from the magic of the recording studio; you can tell it by the infrequency of their record releases and the very special live performances they do make, like touring Australia with Erykah Badu earlier in 2012. Therefore, it is with great pleasure that Niche Productions announces one last trip across the Tasman before Fat Freddy’s Drop finish their next LP and there are some very special appearances on this run to mark their return, as well as a brand new single…

Kicking off at one of the world’s most renowned live music venues, Fat Freddy’s Drop will present two live performances, for the very first time incorporating their trademark visuals. Blackbird: An Animated & Illustrated Album Preview commands the kind of awed hush that you just don’t get with a standard listening party. The Drop present the worldwide premiere of their fourth album Blackbird – exclusively animated, illustrated and performed live at Sydney Opera House’s Graphic Festival. A specially commissioned collaboration with celebrated NZ street artist Otis Frizzell, Fat Freddy’s DNA is ingrained into the Graphic festival spirit– from the group’s name play on Gilbert Sheldon’s cult comic character ‘Fat Freddy’ to the cartoon band members rendered on each album, this back-to-back show will be the only opportunity to preview their ‘big beat heavy jammin’ party’ before Blackbird’s release next year.

Heading North, The Freddy’s will usher in the Lunar Eclipse and provide the perfect aural backdrop to Port Douglas’ staggering natural beauty as they and several dozen other acts give a big salute to mother nature. We’re pretty sure you’d be hard pressed to find a better Tuesday night anywhere in the world.

With two inner city shows in Queensland, starting at Gold Coast’s Coolangatta Hotel and following on at The Arena in Brisbane, Fat Freddy’s Drop mark their first shows since performing two sold out gigs at The Tivoli in May 2011. Like those, these two are set to be ram-jam, so Brisbanites and Gold Coastees are invited not to be slacking next week when tickets go on sale.

Finally, before the beast goes back to the boards, the ‘seven headed soul monster’ will appear at Golden Days Festival, the annual Soul, Blues and Roots event that is putting the Sunshine Coast on the musical map of Australia.

Fat Freddy’s Drop’s Australian tours do not usually require any press-release hype or media faff, but with such esteemed appearances and the promise of imminent new material, it’s understandable why PR people and fans will be falling over themselves with the news of this November tour.

Niche Productions presents Fat Freddy’s Drop

Saturday 10th November – Sydney Opera House Graphic Festival – Sydney
Tickets: www.sydneyoperahouse.com – on sale now

13th November – Eclipse Festival – Port Douglas, QLD
Tickets: http://www.eclipse2012.com/eclipse2012_festival_tickets – on sale now

15th November – Coolangatta Hotel – Gold Coast, QLD
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
w/ special guests Bankrupt Billionaires

16th November – The Arena – Brisbane, QLD
Tickets: www.oztix.com.au
w/ special guests Electric Empire and Bankrupt Billionaires

17th November – Golden Days Festival – Coolum, QLD
Tickets: http://www.goldendaysfestival.com/tickets/ – on sale now

Brisbane and Gold Coast shows tickets on sale 9am Wednesday 19th September