DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Black wax / Mug-Shot Productions ; a Robert Mugge film ; words and music by Gil Scott-Heron.

Pottstown, PA : MVD Visual, [2015]

©1982

1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

DVD-video NTSC

video file DVD video all regions

Shot entirely on location in Washington, D.C., primarily at the Wax Museum nightclub and on the streets of the city Mr. Scott-Heron long considered his home. Robert Mugge's 1982 film showcases the art, the life, and the personality of the great African American poet-singer-songwriter-author Gil Scott-Heron whom many have called the forefather of hip-hop and socially-conscious rap music, and whom UK music weekly Melody Maker once dubbed "the most dangerous musician alive." One of the first music films commissioned by Andy Park of Britain's Channel 4 Television, Black wax was also one of the first productions ever to utilize Steadicam from beginning to end, thanks to pioneering Steadicam operator Lawrence McConkey.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Scott-Heron, Gil, 1949-2011.

Political ballads and songs -- Washington (D.C.)

Political ballads and songs -- African Americans.

Protest songs -- United States.

Monologues with music (Jazz ensemble)

Jazz-rock (Music)

African Americans -- Music.

Rap (Music) -- Influence -- History.

Hip-hop -- Influence -- History.

Waxworks -- Washington (D.C.)

Washington (D.C.) -- Music.

Washington (D.C.) -- African Americans.

Musical films.

Political films.

Filmed performances.

Nonfiction films.

Documentary films.

Feature films.

Scott-Heron, Gil, 1949-2011, composer, performer, poet, musician, author.

Mugge, Robert, 1950- film director.

Mug-Shot Productions, production company.

Midnight Band, performer.

Channel Four (Great Britain), production company.

Title on container: Gil Scott Heron in Black wax.

DVD release of the 1982 motion picture.

Bonus song: Is that jazz?

Director of photography, Steadicam operator, Lawrence McConkey.

Gil Scott-Heron, vocals, piano ; The Midnight Band (Ed Brady, guitar ; Robert Gordon, bass ; Glen "Astro" Turner, keyboards, harmonica ; Kenny Powell, drums ; Larry MacDonald, percussion ; Carl Cornwell, sax, flute, piano ; Vernon James, sax, flute ; Ron Holloway, sax ; Kenny Sheffield, trumpet, flugelhorn).

DVD; region 0; fullcreen presentation.

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