CHARLES BRADLEY: SOUL OF AMERICA charts the extraordinary late-in-life rise of 62 year old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose debut album rocketed him from a life of abandonment, homelessness, tragedy and abuse to Rolling Stone magazine’s top 50 albums of 2011. Spanning the exciting, painful and uncertain months between his 62nd birthday and his unprecedented debut and subsequent world tour, this documentary follows Charles through his incredible transformation and ultimate triumph over an impossible dream 48 years in the making.
Dir: Poull Brien. 2012. Digital. 75 mins.
CHARLES BRADLEY: SOUL OF AMERICA charts the extraordinary late-in-life rise of 62 year old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose debut album rocketed him from a life of abandonment, homelessness, tragedy and abuse to Rolling Stone magazine’s top 50 albums of 2011. Spanning the exciting, painful and uncertain months between his 62nd birthday and his unprecedented debut and subsequent world tour, this documentary follows Charles through his incredible transformation and ultimate triumph over an impossible dream 48 years in the making.
Dir: Poull Brien. 2012. Digital. 75 mins.
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