Only the Strong Survive (2002)

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Love the Hard Way

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Jan 1, 2002

Running Time: 101 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: William Bell, Jerry Butler, Chi-Lites, Isaac Hayes, Sam Moore, Ann Peebles, Carla Thomas, Wilson Pickett, Mary Wilson, Roger Friedman

director: D.A. Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus

Documentary filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus and journalist Roger Friedman had a mission: to catch up with the great soul singers of the 1960s and early 1970s. Many of the legends of soul died at a early age: Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, and practically all of the Temptations. But those who are still alive have been largely ignored since their youth--until now. The Pennebaker team put together a concert of the great soul survivors, reuniting many of the stars under the influential Stax record label, including: Wilson Pickett, Jerry Butler, Mary Wison, the Chi-Lites, Sam Moore and Carla and Rufus Thomas. The result is a musical celebration of soul and a glimpse into the skewed world of the music industry.

May 2, 2003

A musical document with soul It gets to you, watching R&B legends such as Sam Moore, Jerry Butler, the Chi-Lites, Carla Thomas and the names above dig deeper into the music they made in the Sixties and Seventies.

Journalist Roger Friedman conducts the trenchant interviews -- Sam Moore recalls his dark days as a drug pusher, then performs a killer "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby." Most touching is Rufus Thomas, who recently died at eighty-four, duetting with daughter Carla on "Night Time…