Sing Your Song (2011)
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97% of critics liked it
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77% of users liked it
(1,035 ratings)
Sing Your Song, surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer, inspired by Paul Robeson, and his experiences touring a segregated country, to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the… More Sing Your Song, surveys the life and times of singer/actor/activist Harry Belafonte. From his rise to fame as a singer, inspired by Paul Robeson, and his experiences touring a segregated country, to his provocative crossover into Hollywood, Belafonte's groundbreaking career personifies the American civil rights movement and impacted many other social justice movements. Rostock reveals Belafonte as a tenacious hands on activist, who worked intimately with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mobilized celebrities for social justice, participated in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took action to counter gang violence, prisons, and the incarceration of youth. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Susanne Rostock
- Genres
- Documentary, Television, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
- In Theaters
- Jan 13, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- S2BN Films
Critic Reviews
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Hank Stuever, Washington Post
Sing Your Song is broad and complete, but like most biographical documentaries of legendary performers that we've seen of late, it is also hagiographic.
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Verne Gay, Newsday
By far the best parts are the first two-thirds, with the star taking center stage in history as it unfolds.
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Matthew Gilbert, Boston Globe
Sing Your Song is beautifully directed by Susanne Rostock to be as much about the man as it is about his times.
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David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
The portrait of Belafonte that emerges from the film is also the portrait of the times of his life, the times of the nation's life in the past 60 years.
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Linda Stasi, New York Post
With excerpts of early clips of his first roles, to current interviews with him, the movie details a life of tremendous creativity and courage.
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Cast
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Harry Belafonte
as Harry Belafonte
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Sidney Poitier
as Sidney Poitier
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Leadbelly
as Leadbelly
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Paul Robeson
as Paul Robeson
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Marge Champion
as Marge Champion
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Fran Scott Attaway
as Fran Scott Attaway
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Nat 'King' Cole
as Nat 'King' Cole
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Julian Bond
as Julian Bond
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J. Edgar Hoover
as J. Edgar Hoover
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Ed Sullivan
as Ed Sullivan
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Dinah Shore
as Dinah Shore
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Steve Allen
as Steve Allen
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George Schlatter
as George Schlatter
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Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer
as Adrienne Belafonte Biesemeyer
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Dorothy Dandridge
as Dorothy Dandridge
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Diahann Carroll
as Diahann Carroll
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Mike Merrick
as Mike Merrick
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Joan Fontaine
as Joan Fontaine
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Inger Stevens
as Inger Stevens
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Marlon Brando
as Marlon Brando
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Julie Belafonte
as Julie Belafonte
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Coretta Scott King
as Coretta Scott King
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Martin Luther King Jr.
as Martin Luther King Jr.
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Merv Griffin
as Merv Griffin
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John F. Kennedy
as John F. Kennedy
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Odette
as Odette
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Gloria Lynne
as Gloria Lynne
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Robert de Cormier
as Robert de Cormier
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J. Richard Kennedy
as J. Richard Kennedy
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Eleanor Roosevelt
as Eleanor Roosevelt
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Tom Mboya
as Tom Mboya
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Les Crane
as Les Crane
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Nelson Mandela
as Nelson Mandela
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Miriam Makeba
as Miriam Makeba
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Robert F. Kennedy
as Robert F. Kennedy
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Charlton Heston
as Charlton Heston
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James Baldwin
as James Baldwin
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Taylor Branch
as Taylor Branch
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Paul Newman
as Paul Newman
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David Belafonte
as David Belafonte
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Shari Belafonte
as Shari Belafonte
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Gina Belafonte
as Gina Belafonte
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John Lewis
as John Lewis
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Willie Blue
as Willie Blue
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Fannie Lou Hamer
as Fannie Lou Hamer
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Anthony Perkins
as Anthony Perkins
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Nipsey Russell
as Nipsey Russell
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Tony Bennett
as Tony Bennett
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Shelley Winters
as Shelley Winters
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Sammy Davis Jr.
as Sammy Davis Jr.
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Nina Simone
as Nina Simone
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Peter Paul And Mary
as Peter Paul And Mary
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Joan Baez
as Joan Baez
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Leon Bibb
as Leon Bibb
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Clarence Jones
as Clarence Jones
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Petula Clark
as Petula Clark
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Whoopi Goldberg
as Whoopi Goldberg
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Tom Smothers
as Tom Smothers
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Dick Smothers
as Dick Smothers
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Buffy Sainte-Marie
as Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Dennis Banks
as Dennis Banks
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Russell Means
as Russell Means
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William Kunstler
as William Kunstler
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Quincy Jones
as Quincy Jones
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Ken Kragen
as Ken Kragen
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Dr. Lloyd Greig
as Dr. Lloyd Greig
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Muppets
as Muppets
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Desmond Tutu
as Desmond Tutu
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Bo Taylor
as Bo Taylor
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Nane Alejandrez
as Nane Alejandrez
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Marian Wright Edelman
as Marian Wright Edelman
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Ruby Dee
as Ruby Dee
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Juan Pacheco
as Juan Pacheco
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Kwabana Nixonng
as Kwabana Nixonng
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Carmen Perez
as Carmen Perez
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Andrew Young
as Andrew Young
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Adé Bantu
as Adé Bantu
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Abd Al Malik
as Abd Al Malik
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Pamela Belafonte
as Pamela Belafonte
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David Dinkins, Sr.
as David Dinkins, Sr.
