George Harrison, Marvin Gaye, the Who Appear in 1971 Docuseries Trailer
Eight-part series 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything arrives later this month
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Never a Dull Moment: 1971 the Year That Rock Exploded by David Hepworth.
The trailer opens with Gaye’s “What’s Going On” and shows footage of artists, many of whom have albums turning 50 this year: Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Bill Withers, Elton John, Graham Nash, Bob Marley, Alice Cooper, and more. They reflect on how their music still resonates today, with glimpses of reel-to-reel tapes, concerts, and studio sessions.
What To Watch: 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
Apple today released the trailer for the innovative new docuseries “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything,” executive produced by Academy, BAFTA and Grammy Award winners Asif Kapadia (“Amy,” “Senna”) and James Gay-Rees (“Amy,” “Senna,” “Exit Through the Gift Shop”). All eight episodes of this immersive exploration of the musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971 will premiere on Friday, May 21, exclusively on Apple TV+.
A deep-dive, rich with archival footage and interviews, “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything,” shows how the musical icons of the time were influenced by the changing tides of history; and, in turn, how they used their music to inspire hope, change and the culture around them. The series examines the most iconic artists and songs that we still listen to 50 years later, including The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Marvin G
Rolling Stone Menu George Harrison, Marvin Gaye, the Who Appear in ‘1971’ Docuseries Trailer
Eight-part series
By 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, an upcoming docuseries headed to Apple TV+ inspired by the book
Never a Dull Moment: 1971 the Year That Rock Exploded by David Hepworth.
The trailer opens with Gaye’s “What’s Going On” and shows footage of artists, many of whom have albums turning 50 this year: Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Bill Withers, Elton John, Graham Nash, Bob Marley, Alice Cooper, and more. They reflect on how their music still resonates today, with glimpses of reel-to-reel tapes, concerts, and studio sessions.
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At once historical and fantastical, Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning novel “The Underground Railroad” depicts an alternate version of the 19th-century American South in which a literal subterranean railway helps ex-slaves escape from plantations, carrying them to freedom through a succession of strange and inhospitable lands. The director Barry Jenkins best-known for the Oscar-winning movie “Moonlight” has adapted the book into a ten-part series, starring Thuso Mbedu as Cora, who flees her captors in Georgia and
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything, will begin airing on Apple TV Plus starting May 21st.
Variety reported the eight-part program is based on author
David Hepworth s critically acclaimed book,
1971: Never A Dull Moment, which chronicled the groundbreaking year, which solidified the place of the singer-songwriter and underscored the power and importance of what is now called “classic rock.”
1971 s producer
James Gay-Rees, explained, “I remember sitting in a room with David Hepworth as he gave me the context of what was happening socially and politically that year, alongside which albums were coming out that year. And. . . it was a slightly jaw-dropping moment, because the list just seemed to never end, and I couldn’t believe that all those records came out of that one year. I mean, some of these months alone are kind of iconic moments for music.”