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Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story is 2 hr long.

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story

Name: Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 120
Rating: 89

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RESPECT YOURSELF: THE STAX RECORDS STORY, 2007, Tremolo Productions, 115 min. Dir. Morgan Neville. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stax Records, this brand new documentary created for PBS is the authoritative history of the rise of the Memphis soul label that changed the world. The film is jammed with amazing archive rarities. Live performances, forgotten TV appearances, home movies, news footage, lost recordings of all the legendary Stax artists from Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes to Sam & Dave and The Staples Singers. The film is also the story of the civil rights movement and how the music created at Stax mirrored the glories and pains of that struggle. The film offers fresh insights from the survivors together with heartfelt testimony from Stax devotees ranging from Bono and Elvis Costello to Chuck D.

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How long is Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story?: Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story is 2 hr long.

Who directed Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story?: Robert Gordon

What is Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story about?: RESPECT YOURSELF: THE STAX RECORDS STORY, 2007, Tremolo Productions, 115 min. Dir. Morgan Neville. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stax Records, this brand new documentary created for PBS is the authoritative history of the rise of the Memphis soul label that changed the world. The film is jammed with amazing archive rarities. Live performances, forgotten TV appearances, home movies, news footage, lost recordings of all the legendary Stax artists from Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes to Sam & Dave and The Staples Singers. The film is also the story of the civil rights movement and how the music created at Stax mirrored the glories and pains of that struggle. The film offers fresh insights from the survivors together with heartfelt testimony from Stax devotees ranging from Bono and Elvis Costello to Chuck D.