Thunder Soul

For other uses, see Kashmere Stage Band.
Thunder Soul
Poster
Directed byMark Landsman
Produced byMark Landsman
Jessica Wu
Keith Calder
StarringConrad Johnson
Narrated byJamie Foxx
Edited byClaire Didier
Music byDavid Torn (uncredited)
Production
company
Snoot Entertainment
Distributed byRoadside Attractions[1]
Release dates
  • March 13, 2010 (2010-03-13) (SXSW)
  • September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$143,986[2]

Thunder Soul is a 2010 American documentary film produced and directed by Mark Landsman. The film features narration by Jamie Foxx and stars Conrad Johnson. The film premiered at South by Southwest in 2010.[3][4]

Synopsis

A former Kashmere High School graduate return home after 35 years to play a tribute concert for his beloved band leader, who, during the 1970s, turned the struggling jazz band, Kashmere Stage Band, into a world-class funk powerhouse.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 100% approval rating based on 29 reviews.[5] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of a 100 based on 24 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[6]

Joe Leydon of Variety wrote "Thunder Soul offers a heaping helping of uplift".[7]

Marjorie Baumgarten of The Austin Chronicle wrote "[The film] tells the story of the Kashmere Stage Band, and before the film is through, this high school band you've never heard of will have earned a top spot on your personal hit parade".[8] According to Sheri Linden of the Los Angeles Times, "Though [the film] sometimes overplays the sentimentality, [it] gets not just the music but also the sense of possibility for this post-civil-rights generation".[9]

Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club criticized the filmmakers for not being "interested in peering beneath the dazzling surface". According to him, despite portraying Johnson as a "benign dictator", "[the film] represents a feast for the senses, a soulful celebration of the black musical renaissance of the late '60s and '70s".[10] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter called Thunder Soul "[a] genuinely moving and powerful doc[umentary] about one of the great funk bands ever, that just happened to be a high school band".[11]

References

  1. ^ McClintock, Pamela (2010-11-06). "Roadside nabs Thunder Soul". Variety. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  2. ^ "Thunder Soul (2011)". The Numbers. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  3. ^ Kelly, Christopher (October 8, 2011). "One High School Band and the Changes It Wrought". The New York Times. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  4. ^ Powell, Austin (March 12, 2010). "Off the Record". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "Thunder Soul". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  6. ^ "Thunder Soul (2011)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  7. ^ Leydon, Joe (March 30, 2010). "Thunder Soul". Variety.
  8. ^ "Thunder Soul". The Austin Chronicle. September 30, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  9. ^ Linden, Sheri (October 7, 2011). "Movie review: 'Thunder Soul'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  10. ^ Rabin, Nathan (September 29, 2011). "Thunder Soul". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  11. ^ Honeycutt, Kirk (September 6, 2011). "Thunder Soul: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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