The Secret Disco Revolution
Screen Media Films | Release Date: June 28, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
56
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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2
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireDavid D’ArcyJun 16, 2013
The Secret Disco Revolution is the doc that disco deserves – rigorous, critical and entertaining. Read full review
80
The GuardianIndu ChandrasekharJun 16, 2013
Rather than simply charting the rise and fall of disco to a thumping soundtrack, the film presents an unexpected school of thought – that disco was actually a vehicle of liberation, a revolutionary tool used to end the oppression of women and black and gay people in 1970s America. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJun 28, 2013
Disco scholars convincingly analyze lyrics and fashions as presenting bold expressions of sexuality and democratic hedonism, while Kastner doesn't skimp on the vintage clips, which range from unintentionally hilarious to surprisingly impressive. Read full review
70
The New York TimesDavid DeWittJun 27, 2013
The Secret Disco Revolution, however limited, is one smart documentary. It’s so clever that it makes fun of itself. Read full review
70
Village VoiceErnest HardyJun 25, 2013
The film isn't as smart on the issue of race as it needs to be, and its feminist read of the music and scene feels forced in places, but as an entry-level conversation starter, it gets the job done. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineDean EssnerJun 22, 2013
Jamie Kastner bows fully to hedonism in lieu of all the scholarly theories on disco's lasting impact--a tidy but gutless way of tying together so many disparate arguments by such disparate people. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJun 27, 2013
Some may still be surprised at this fun, well-informed chronicle of what was happening in the U.S. as lighted floors, boogie shoes and Saturday night fevers were the rage. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithJun 28, 2013
Its priceless clips from the disco era aside, The Secret Disco Revolution laughably fails to turn Barry White and Donna Summer into the Che Guevara and Emma Goldman of the dance floor. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenJun 27, 2013
The movie feels like a flakey, off-the-cuff blog post that somehow transmogrified itself into a feature-length documentary. Read full review
20
Time OutMichael AtkinsonJun 25, 2013
Kastner’s history is simplistic, his pacing is glacial and his film is laboriously constructed around a campy fictional trio of caricatured gay-black-girl “masterminds” planning the “revolution,” thumbing through a “manifesto” and sprinkling glitter ritualistically on a mirror ball. Read full review
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