Movie: The Legend of Cool Disco Dan

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Cool 'Disco' Dan
Cool 'Disco' Dan

Himself

Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins

Narrator

Marion Barry
Marion Barry

Himself

Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown

Himself

Gregory 'Sugar Bear' Elliott
Gregory 'Sugar Bear' Elliott

Himself

Big Tony Fisher
Big Tony Fisher

Himself

Paul Hendrickson
Paul Hendrickson

Himself

Andre 'Whiteboy' Johnson
Andre 'Whiteboy' Johnson

Himself

Seth Hurwitz
Seth Hurwitz

Himself

DC Scorpio
DC Scorpio

Himself

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    The Legend of Cool Disco Dan

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    "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.

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    2012-01-01

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    English
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