Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution
Season 1
2023 • 3 Episodes
How disco conquered the world: its origins, its triumphs, its fall and its legacy.
Episodes
1. Rock the Boat
★5.0
December 16, 2023
The remarkable story of how a global music phenomenon was born among the gay and black communities in the loft apartments and basement bars of 1970s New York.
2. Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now
★5.0
December 16, 2023
Set against the backdrop of black power and sexual liberation, a look at the high watermark of disco in the mid to late 70s, conquering the mainstream and turning black women and gay men into icons.
3. Stayin' Alive
★5.0
December 23, 2023
By the end of the 1970s, disco seemed untouchable. But it was about to face a violent backlash that almost destroyed it.