Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker

Format: dvd
Condition: Good

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Media Type: DVDs

Genres: Documentary · History · Music

Actors: 24-7 · Burnt Sugar · Charlie Braxton · Chuck Berry · Cody Chestnut · Doug Pinnick · Fishbone · Flip Barnes · God Forbid · Vernon Reid

Directors: Raymond Gayle

Writers: Raymond Gayle

Producers: Marc Newsome · Raymond Gayle

Movie / Show Details

Studio: Payback Productions

Distributor: Payback Productions

Music: Anura Neysadurai | D.r.u.m. | Nathan Faulk

Number of Discs: 1

Screen Ratio: Fullscreen (4:3)

Runtime: 01:25

Audience: US - Not Rated

UPC: 634479995156

Virtual SKU: MWV.B001Q8FRAS.G

Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker is a 2005 documentary directed by Raymond Gayle that explores the challenges faced by Black rock musicians within the music industry. Through performance footage and interviews with artists including Fishbone, Vernon Reid, and Cody Chesnutt, as well as insights from music journalists and critics, the film examines the racial barriers these musicians encounter and the industry’s complicated relationship with Black rock. Gayle also investigates the stigma Black rock artists face within their own communities and considers how to reconnect Black audiences with the genre.

This single-disc DVD runs 85 minutes and is not rated. Released by Payback Productions, it brings together perspectives from musicians and cultural commentators to address a significant gap in rock music history and representation. Owning this documentary on physical media means you have a lasting record of these important conversations about race, music, and cultural identity.

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The condition of the disc is listed in. Used - Good

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