The Kashmere Stage Band poses with their guitars...

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THUNDER SOUL tells the true story of Conrad O Johnson and the legendary Kashmere Stage Band

It was afros and pleated shirts; James Brown and Bootsy Collins. It was the ’70s, and an inner-city Houston high school was about to make history. Charismatic band leader, Conrad “Prof” Johnson would turn the school’s mediocre jazz band into a legendary funk powerhouse.

Now, 35 years later, his students prepare to pay tribute to the man who changed their lives, the 92-year-old Prof. Some haven’t played their horns in decades, still they dust off their instruments determined to retake the stage to show Prof and the world that they’ve still got it.

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Directed By - MARK LANDSMAN
Produced By - KEITH CALDER, JESSICA WU, MARK LANDSMAN
Editor - CLAIRE DIDIER
Director of Photography - SANDRA CHANDLER
Sound Editor - ANDY HAY
Music Supervision - JIM BLACK and GABE HILFER
Original Music By - CONRAD O JOHNSON SR.

THUNDER SOUL will be screening at the Cinema Arts Festival in Houston on November 11th! This free screening will also feature a live performance by the Kashmere Stage Alumni Band!