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THIS IS LOVE
Investigation of a singer who turned down fame to make music with his family. George Clinton, Mick Fleetwood, Sinbad and Norman Jay unveil an unsung hero of soul.

THIS IS LOVE is a feature music documentary that follows obscure soul singer Rudy Love, whose experience in the music industry over the decades encapsulates a quintessential struggle of African American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Rudy Love has been making music all of his life, even though it has all been taken away. From his first contract fraudulently signed when he was seventeen, Love has been losing his music to publishers and recording labels ever since. His voice has been woven into hits from every decade since the sixties, yet he lives unknown in Wichita, Kansas. But that doesn’t concern him: all he wants to do is sing.
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THIS IS LOVE
Investigation of a singer who turned down fame to make music with his family. George Clinton, Mick Fleetwood, Sinbad and Norman Jay unveil an unsung hero of soul.

THIS IS LOVE is a feature music documentary that follows obscure soul singer Rudy Love, whose experience in the music industry over the decades encapsulates a quintessential struggle of African American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Rudy Love has been making music all of his life, even though it has all been taken away. From his first contract fraudulently signed when he was seventeen, Love has been losing his music to publishers and recording labels ever since. His voice has been woven into hits from every decade since the sixties, yet he lives unknown in Wichita, Kansas. But that doesn’t concern him: all he wants to do is sing.



Rudy Love’s name circles among musicians like a ghost, an unseen guru who’s been influencing listeners whether they know it or not. Artists from Jay Z to George Clinton herald him as an unsung hero of soul. Why haven’t you heard of him? Because the music business is vicious, and Rudy only cares about Love.
While his music seemingly had gotten buried into total obscurity, it has repeatedly resurfaced in far corners of the world, particularly in places where soul music is experiencing a resurgence such as in Europe.


This Is Love

Instruktør: John Alexander

Hvis du ikke umiddelbart har hørt om soul- og jazzsangeren Rudy Love, så er det ikke så mærkeligt. Love
har lavet musik siden 1960’erne og hans unikke stemme er blevet brugt i utallige sammenhænge – men oftest uden at han er blevet krediteret – og kontrakter har han ikke set mange af. Men det generer ham ikke, for alt han ville, var at synge og lave musik med sin familie.

Love er en af dem man kender uden at kende ham, nemlig på stemmen. Men navnet vækker imidlertid genklang blandt en række kendte musikere fra Jay-Z over George Clinton til Mick Fleetwood, der i denne film erklærer deres kærlighed til den oversete sanger og kalder ham den uopdagede King of Soul – en skæbne han desværre deler med en række andre afroamerikanske kunstnere i det 20. århundrede.

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