The Legend of Cool Disco Dan

The Legend of Cool Disco Dan (2012)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2012-01-01
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 26min
  • Language: English
  • Director: Joseph Pattisall
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Summary

"The Legend of Cool 'Disco' Dan" is the story of black Washington DC told from the perspective of Cool "Disco" Dan starting with his birth during the civil rights era and follows his life parallel with the rise of Go-Go music through the 1980s (which is the unheard but yet dominant urban music of DC) and also local DC politics with Marion Barry's rise and fall. Despite ending up homeless Cool "Disco" Dan used graffiti to escape the social problems D.C. had in the 1980s when things turned violent and became known as the Murder Capital of the United States. Cool "Disco" Dan ends up as a cult character of DC and his name becomes a symbol of survival during DC's most trying years.

Trailer

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  • Cool 'Disco' Dan

    as Himself
  • Henry Rollins

    as Narrator
  • Marion Barry

    as Himself
  • Chuck Brown

    as Himself
  • Gregory 'Sugar Bear' Elliott

    as Himself
  • Big Tony Fisher

    as Himself
  • Paul Hendrickson

    as Himself
  • Andre 'Whiteboy' Johnson

    as Himself
  • Seth Hurwitz

    as Himself
  • DC Scorpio

    as Himself
  • Frank Ski

    as Himself
  • Alona Wartofsky

    as Herself
Directing Joseph Pattisall Director

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