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Make it Soul

By

Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo

Duration

15 MIN

Language

English

Subtitles

French

Country

France

Year

2018

Holy cow! That’s all a HISTORICAL ANIMATED FILM about MUSIC
Make it soul 300dpi 5

Synopsis

Chicago, winter 1965. The Regal Theater hosts James Brown and Solomon Burke, two monuments of Soul music.Backstage, everyone's under pressure. But in 1960s America, both men know their music has unexpected powers.

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Direction

Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo

Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo’s graduation movie, My heart is a metronome, won the Best Debut Prize at the Hiroshima Festival in 2008. This made him write and direct The Sense of Touch in 2014, a movie combining dancing aesthetics and sign language. Selected in more than 60 selections in festivals and rewarded with 22 international prizes.

Animation

Eva Lusbaronian
Susanne Seidel
Valentin Stoll

Screenplay

Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
Nicolas Pleskof

Producer

Amaury Ovise

Cast

Lee Fields
China Moses
Avant Strangel
Akil Wingate

Graphic creation

Simon Roussin

Original Title

Make it Soul