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8.2
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54 Ratings

Synopsis

Charles Bradley: Soul of America captures the extraordinary late in life rise of 62 year old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose debut album, “No Time For Dreaming,” took him from a hard life of poverty, homelessness and tragedy and rocketed him to stardom.

Our take

In 2011, a 62-year-old James Brown tribute act from the Brooklyn projects released his first album on Daptone Records. From homelessness to a spot in Rolling Stone’s best albums of the year, this rousing documentary charts the hopes and dreams of a musical career some five decades in the making.