SXSW Review: Soul20 Storm: 15 14/03/2010, Eugene Novikov, Cinematical

SXSW Review: Soul20 Storm: 15 14/03/2010, Eugene Novikov, Cinematical


SXSW world premiere screening of Thunder Soul was a fine example of the benefits and risks of taking risks in the non-profile, sound intriguing entries in film festivals. A brilliant documentary about a fun topic, however, Thunder plays a bit like Soul was made to be a keepsake for his subjects rather than something of general interest. But when most subjects are in the public and clearly the best time of their lives, the experience of watching the film, to put it mildly, a bit changed.

The band Kashmere High School stage became a worldwide sensation in the lower 1970s. A group of black children of downtown Houston under the tutelage of the brilliant musician and awesome teacher Conrad O. Johnson, jazz and funk band with serious metamorphosis high school band tradition in a dynamic, dance, toe-tapping good. Now, more than thirty years after the original band members come together - despite the fact that many of them have not collected their instruments since graduation - for a reunion concert to honor the Johnson ill.
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