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NYS Writers Institute - Documentary: "Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock and Roll"
This new documentary delves into the fascinating story of blues singer Lead Belly, featuring interviews with a variety of music legends who were shaped by his work.
With a blend of rare video footage and music performances, viewers are taken on a remarkable ride through Lead Belly's life and career, from his sharecropper childhood, to time spent in prison, to his remarkable musical career and induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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"Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock and Roll"
7 p.m. Friday, October 18
Page Hall, UAlbany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203
(United States, 2023, 80 minutes, b/w and color) Directed by Curt Hahn. Featuring Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte, Odetta, Joan Baez, B. B. King.
Free parking. Free and open to the public.
Shown in association with “Lead Belly: Man and Myth, Truth and Lies,” a conversation with with Grammy-winning folk singer Dom Flemons and Sheila Curran Bernard, author of Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly's Truths from Jim Crow's Lies (2024). Thursday, October 31
4:30 p.m. - Craft Talk
University at Albany Campus Center West Boardroom
7:30 p.m. - Conversation Q&A
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203
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