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‘Disco’s Revenge’ Filmmakers Talk Nile Rodgers, Archive Troves and the Genre’s Fall and Rise (EXCLUSIVE)
'Disco's Revenge' is anchored in the expansive storytelling of Chic founder Nile Rodgers, and the personal recollections of Brooklyn DJ Nicky Siano.
While rockers have used the word in a pejorative sense for years, DJs, artists, impresarios, and aficionados know that disco—both the genre and the subculture—not only has deep roots but has lived on under various aliases, inspiring the evolution of music and keeping people moving in various funky ways. These are the ideas, plot points and storylines that Toronto filmmakers Omar Majeed(“Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam”) and Peter Mishara explore in their documentary feature “Disco’s Revenge,” which had its world premiere Thursday in Hot Docs ’ Pop/Life strand. Billy Porter appears throughout the film as a kind of philosophical spirit guide, with music luminaries Nona Hendryx, Grandmaster Flash, Fab Five Freddy, Earl Young, Jellybean Benitez, Kevin Saunderson, Sylvester and Martha Wash also in the mix.
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