Sam Cooke, Crossing Over, 2010

Director:  John Antonelli
Topic: Sam Cooke, American Music and Race Relations
Narrator: Danny Glover

sez says:  what a delight it is to hear this music and to learn a little more about this talented man.  The film makers tried hard to make each stage of his life 'yet another dramatic moment.'  but his life was not so very dramatic. The subtext is he had enormous talent, he was ambitious and he worked hard. That added up to many accomplishments. Tragedy also entered his life but his ultimate downfall came from his life long habit of chasing women.  Too bad for us. He died at age 33. GRADE C

mjc says:   pretty guy; pretty music.