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00:00Hi, I'm Elegance Bratton. I'm the writer, director, and producer of Move Ya Body,
00:10The Birth of House. I'm honored beyond belief because the film is premiering
00:15at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. In the chaos of Disco Demolition Night at Kominsky Park,
00:22a teenage usher named Vince Lawrence witnessed the fiery backlash against disco,
00:27a sound that defined freedom and pride for so many who had been left out.
00:33Undeterred by the hostility, Vince used his earnings to buy a synthesizer,
00:38setting in motion a journey that would change music forever. Venturing into the underground
00:42sanctuary of The Warehouse where Frankie Knuckles spun revolutionary sounds, Vince teamed up with
00:47Jesse Saunders of Form Z Factor, a scrappy collective of visionaries who captured the
00:52pulse of Chicago's underground on wax. Their track, Unknown, became the first recorded
00:58house music anthem, sparking a movement that transformed a local do-it-yourself culture
01:04into a global phenomenon. From those gritty Chicago streets to festival stages worldwide,
01:10Vince's story is an electrifying testament to how a dream born in the ashes of rejection
01:16ignited a genre that continues to unite and liberate people across the globe.