‘Disco’s Revenge’ Filmmakers Talk Nile Rodgers, Archive Troves and the Genre’s Fall and Rise (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJennie Punter The demise of disco was greatly accelerated by the cultural impact of the infamous Disco Demolition Night of 1979 in Chicago’s Comiskey Park.
While rockers have used the word in a pejorative sense for years, DJs, artists, impresarios, and aficionados know that disco—both the genre and the subculture—not only has deep roots but has lived on under various aliases, inspiring the evolution of music and keeping people moving in various funky ways.
Le freak, c’est toujours chic! These are the ideas, plot points and storylines that Toronto filmmakers Omar Majeed (“Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam”) and Peter Mishara explore in their documentary feature “Disco’s Revenge,” which had its world premiere Thursday in Hot Docs’ Pop/Life strand.
The film, which screens again Friday is set for release in 2024, distributed theatrically in North America by Elevation Pictures (Canada) and Republic Pictures (U.S.), and internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution. “Disco’s Revenge” is anchored in the expansive storytelling of legendary American record producer, guitarist, composer and Chic founder Nile Rodgers, who has an executive producer credit on the film, and the personal recollections of Brooklyn DJ Nicky Siano, who was 17 when he started The Gallery, one of the key clubs of New York’s underground disco scene.
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