Anyone who knows me knows that I am often talking about how important it was for me that I had the opportunity to participate in a great high school music program. You can understand then how excited I am to see Thunder Soul – Mark Landsman’s documentary about the great Kashmere Stage Band from Texas and it’s innovative leader Conrad Johnson. This is the tightest, funkiest highschool band I have ever heard. I can’t imagine anyone not coming out of this film and demanding better support for the arts in ALL of our public schools.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wFlZFF28Ps
Tim Perlich has written a great post on the back story of the project at The Perlich Post: Thunder Soul takes over Hot Docs.