Jamila Wignot
Director
Stax: Soulsville USA (2024)
Miniseries
The story of an underdog, interracial record label that ushered in groundbreaking music.
Released May 20, 2024
Episode 56 min
13+
Genres: Documentary, Music
Keywords: mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.record-label, tmdb.miniseries, tmdb.music-documentary, tmdb.soul-music, awards.emmy-award-nominated, mdblist.ext.common-sense-selection
Watch Providers: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
Production Companies: HBO Documentary Films, White Horse Pictures, Laylow Pictures, Warner Music Entertainment, PolygramConcord Originals
Network: HBO
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - Cause I Love You
In the late 1950s, Memphis' Stax Records quickly becomes one of the most influential record labels on the Black music scene, breaking out iconic artists such as Sam & Dave, Booker T. & the MG's, and Otis Redding. As popularity grows in the Black market, Stax executives and musicians transcend racial divides and bring their music into the American mainstream.
May 20, 2024, midnight
8.0
S1E2 - Soul Man
Stax breaks through to the white market with Sam & Dave's crossover hit "Soul Man." But the untimely death of Stax star Otis Redding, the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., legal obstacles, and ongoing racial tensions in Memphis reveal cracks in the company's façade.
May 20, 2024, midnight
8.0
S1E3 - Respect Yourself
Despite severe business setbacks, Stax Records rises again with Isaac Hayes's Oscar® and Grammy®-winning work for the 1971 smash hit Shaft.
May 21, 2024, midnight
8.0
S1E4 - Nothing Takes the Place of You
By the 1970s, a booming Stax expands to Los Angeles and gives back to the Black community with the benefit concert Wattstax. But when their bank goes under and the company faces other legal setbacks, Stax prepares to shutter its doors.
May 21, 2024, midnight
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56 min/ep
226 min
May 20, 2024
May 21, 2024, midnight
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