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The surprising and overlooked history of disco: its origins, its fall and its legacy.
From the basement bars of ‘70s New York to the peak of the global charts, this is the story of disco: its rise, its fall... and its legacy. Revelling in iconic tracks and remarkable footage, this is a powerful, revisionist history of the disco age.
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Official Trailer
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From the basement bars of ‘70s New York to the peak of the global charts, this is the story of disco: its rise, its fall... and its legacy. Revelling in iconic tracks and remarkable footage, this is a powerful, revisionist history of the disco age.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(upbeat music) - [Narrator 1] You would hear the first few notes and the room would just go crazy.
♪ Let the music set you free ♪ - Disco created a culture that's unstoppable.
- [Narrator 2] Suddenly there was this powder keg chain reaction.
Disco was on everybody's lips.
- It integrate everybody.
Red, yellow, Black, or white.
It didn't matter.
It made everybody happy.
♪ Everybody's watching ♪
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