Great Performances Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (Season 35, Episode 25)
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TV Episode | 155 min | Music, Musical

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Great Performances

Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story (Season 35, Episode 25)

TV-G

TV Episode | 155 min | Music, Musical

Spectacular rise & disgraced collapse of Memphis' socially-conscious, neighborhood-based Stax Records, which spawned many of the best soul sounds of the 60's and 70's is told mostly by its groundbreaking, colorblind executives and artists....See moreSpectacular rise & disgraced collapse of Memphis' socially-conscious, neighborhood-based Stax Records, which spawned many of the best soul sounds of the 60's and 70's is told mostly by its groundbreaking, colorblind executives and artists. Stax's family atmosphere and the challenges it faced in a turbulent era of social revolution and Black empowerment are illustrated by the label's great music, from Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, The Staple Singers, Booker T and the MGs, Sam and Dave etc. Written by David Stevens See less

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54 cast members

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Samuel L. Jackson Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Pulp Fiction (1994)
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Booker T. Jones Self Self See fewer	Repo Men (2010)
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Donald Dunn Self (as Donald 'Duck' Dunn) Self (as Donald 'Duck' Dunn) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
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Tom Dowd Self - Engineer Self - Engineer See fewer	Airheads (1994)
Samuel Kyles Self (as Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles) Self (as Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles) See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
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Otis Redding Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Top Gun (1986)
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Henry Loeb Self - Former Memphis Mayor Self - Former Memphis Mayor See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
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Willie Hall Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
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Dino Woodard Self - Stax Security Self - Stax Security See fewer	Great Performances (1971)
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