The Woodstock of House
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The Woodstock of House documentary details the triumph of a genre of music that was attacked and seemingly destroyed by mainstream America in the late 1970s for being too black, too Latin, and too gay. "Woodstock" explores the music's mutation, development, and re-birth as House Music by disaffected African American teenagers on the South Side of Chicago in an underground culture of marginalized, largely gay nightclub constituents. It is the untold story of the role of Chicago's Chosen Few DJs in the creation of house music. It celebrates the enduring legacy of the annual Chosen Few Music Festival, dubbed the "Woodstock of House" that brings together more than 50,000 people of different races, ages, sexual orientations, and class together in an environment of unity, peace, and love.
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The Woodstock of House documentary details the triumph of a genre of music that was attacked and seemingly destroyed by mainstream America in the late 1970s for being too black, too Latin, and too gay. "Woodstock" explores the music's mutation, development, and re-birth as House Music by disaffected African American teenagers on the South Side of Chicago in an underground culture of marginalized, largely gay nightclub constituents. It is the untold story of the role of Chicago's Chosen Few DJs in the creation of house music. It celebrates the enduring legacy of the annual Chosen Few Music Festival, dubbed the "Woodstock of House" that brings together more than 50,000 people of different races, ages, sexual orientations, and class together in an environment of unity, peace, and love.
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