Friday, August 2, 2013

Sing Your Song

documentary

A justifiably worshipful look at the extraordinary life and times of Harry Belafonte, singer, actor, activist in civil rights and numerous other causes for his entire life.

He was a black kid, born in Harlem, raised in Jamaica. His talents propelled him to the top of the entertainment world in a time when a black man couldn't take a piss in a gas station men's room in Alabama without being threatened by a State Trooper with death.

He marched with MLK, fought for the various anti-colonial movements in Africa...including freeing Nelson Mandela and the black South African people. In his dotage he has been fighting against the monstrous prison/slavery system which has emerged in the US.

Moving story well told about one of the most remarkable men of my time.

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