Beats working presents Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Raising the roof at Sundance, this doc unearths the Black, queer roots of house music in Chicago – born in underground clubs as a radical refuge from repression and segregation.

Long before it hit the mainstream, house music pulsed through the walls of underground Chicago clubs like The Warehouse and The Power Plant, rising out of disco’s dust. In Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, director Elegance Bratton (The Inspection) traces the roots of this now-global sound, weaving rich archival footage and first-hand accounts to spotlight the Black, queer originators of a revolutionary musical movement. Telling the story of pioneering artists like Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson and Vince Lawrence, Move Ya Body forges a lively, celebratory social history of house, brimming with a standout selection of tracks and elevated by the voices of those who lived – and danced – it into being.

Beats Working Film Festival is a celebration of the year’s best music documentaries from around the world.

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CTC

Duration

92 MINS