BC049 – Documentary review: ‘The War on Disco’

From ‘American Experience,’ a rich retelling of one of dance music’s foundational myths

The War on Disco, from American Experience (PBS, aired October 30), dir. Lisa Quijano Wolfinger

I like the way Nate Patrin put it when he told me about this 51-minute documentary, which you can stream from the PBS website: “It didn’t tell me a lot that I didn’t know, but the footage was really effective.” That’s me, too, though I’ll modify it a bit—the footage deepened facts that I was already aware of, and offered perspectives I hadn’t considered.