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Mar 13, 2022 · Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande: Directed by Tim MacKenzie-Smith. With Masta Ace, Jazzie B, Cut Chemist, Cymande. They are the unsung heroes whose message of peace, love and funk sailed beyond Britain's shores and helped shape music for five decades.
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- Documentary, Biography, Musical
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LATEST NEWS. NEW MERCH. SHOP NOW. JOIN THE MAILING LIST. For all the latest information about tours, releases, special offers and inside information! SUBSCRIBE. GETTING IT BACK: THE STORY OF CYMANDE. The story is being told on big screen for the first time in cinemas around the world.
Rated: 2/5 Feb 18, 2024 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian This documentary is an education and a good-news story about the remarkable 70s British funk band Cymande (the word is a calypso term...
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- Documentary, Music, Biography
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133. 8.4K views 2 months ago. Cymande are the greatest band you’ve likely never heard of and this is their incredible untold story. Formed in south London by musicians who came to the UK from...
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Oct 25, 2023 · News. Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande to be released February 2024. Tim Mackenzie-Smith’s documentary on the 1970s south London soul-funk band will hit cinemas, BFI Player and Blu-ray early next year. 25 October 2023. Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande (2022) © BFI Distribution.
Available on Prime Video, BFI Player. In the racially turbulent UK of the early 70s, a group of black musicians came together in South London with a common love of rhythms and a message of peace. Cymande - with the dove as their symbol - combined jazz, funk, soul and Caribbean grooves to form a unique sound.
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90 mins. Director Tim Mackenzie-Smith. With Cymande, Norman Jay, DJ Maseo, Mark Ronson Jazzie B, Khruangbin, Loyle Carner, DJ Maseo of De La Soul, Jim James, Louie Vega and more. Special event. 21 February. Screening + Q&A at West Norwood Picturehouse. Venues. February. 16 February. BFI Southbank. Bertha DocHouse (Bloomsbury) Brixton Ritzy.
