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Music Makes A City: A Louisville Orchestra Story

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 09/24/2010
2.5/5
Music Makes a City, despite its gorgeous soundtrack, historical sweep and wealth of archival material, is weakened by sluggish pacing and an overly detailed, increasingly narrow focus. Go to Full Review
Andy Webster New York Times 09/17/2010
3/5
Owsley Brown III and Jerome Hiler's enlightening documentary about how Louisville, Ky., became a locus for contemporary music in the mid-20th century. Go to Full Review
Andrew Schenker Time Out 09/15/2010
3/5
In telling the story of the Louisville Orchestra's heyday during the '40s and '50s, this documentary looks back -- with both a wealth of detail and a tad too much nostalgia -- to a time when middle-American cities boasted popular cultural institutions. Go to Full Review
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Director
Owsley Brown III