Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: MVD2286D
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 760137228691
- Street Date: 09/13/19
- PreBook Date: 07/19/19
- Label: MVD Visual »
- Genre: R & B
- Run Time: 106 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2018
- Region Code: 1
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Anthony Samuels; Kenny Gamble
- Director: Olivia Lichtenstein
Product Assets
Teddy Pendergrass - If You Don't Know Me
The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, Showtime
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The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, the man poised to be the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life forever. The unforgettable voice of hits Don't Leave Me This Way, If You Don't Know Me By Now, Love T.K.O and Close the Door, Teddy was the first male African American artist to record five consecutive platinum albums in the US, but his career was struck by tragedy in 1982 when a car accident left him paralysed at the age of just 31. He later made a triumphant comeback in front of a global audience of 1.9 billion at Live Aid. Featuring revealing interviews with his family, friends and colleagues alongside industry legends, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, rarely seen archive footage and a soulful soundtrack, this insightful and moving documentary captures Teddy's rise to fame against the complex backdrop of 1960s America and his victorious comeback after his life-changing accident.
Media
Sales Points
- #1 Documentary of the year on Showtime!
- Executive produced by Pendergrass's manager Shep Gordon
- Official Selection DOC NYC 2018
- Directed by BAFTA Award winner Olivia Lichtenstein
- Official Selection Philadelphia Film Fest
- Airing on Showtime in 2019
- Rarely seen archival video
- Revealing and Exclusive Interviews
- Traces the history of the Philly Soul Sound
- The unforgettable voice of hits Don't Leave Me This Way, If You Don't Know Me By Now, Love T.K.O and Close the Door
Press Quotes
This documentary tells his story respectfully and in detail
—Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
Guys wanted to be him, girls wanted to sleep with him and everyone wanted to be in business with him
—Film Stage
A muliti-faceted tapestrey
—UpComing
So-incredible-it's-amazing-it's-not-a-Hollywood-movie story of 'the black Elvis'
—Metro
Considerably superior to Bohemian Rhapsody
—Philadelphia Weekly
