This good-hearted documentary is about a national champion high school stage band in the 1970s. Because of the era, and because we’re talking about inner city Black kids from Houston, the backdrop is the Black Pride movement. The key character is their band leader, Conrad “Prof” Johnson, who drove them to be technically proficient and flavored their music with his own funk compositions. Thirty years later, the band members plan a reunion to honor Prof. The band members are an entertaining bunch, and there’s plenty of footage from the 70s. Thunder Soul is sure to be a crowd-pleaser and there are lots of great 70s Afros.
Thunder Soul won film fest awards but failed to get an adequate theatrical release, and is now available on DVD.
