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On Film
On Film

Stax Records and The Beach Boys

By Charles Horak III,
Sam Cassiano
Published May 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM MDT
Poster: The Beach Boys (Film)|Distributed By: Disney+/ Poster: Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.(Film) | Distributed By: Max

The American experience has a soundtrack, and two of the biggest sources of that music are explored in documentaries released this week. Disney+ released its feature documentary The Beach Boys, and the four-part HBO Max mini series Stax: Soulsville U.S.A. also began streaming on Max. Fellow Film Critic Felipa Solis joins Host Charles Horak to discuss the two new documentary films that explore iconic music from two very different spectrums of the American Experience.

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Originally aired on May 26, 2024

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Charles Horak III
Since 2004, Charles Horak has been the host of the long-running radio program, On Film, creating more than 1,000 programs dedicated to film reviews, filmmaker interviews and discussions of cinema history and industry advancement. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Association and board member of the Texas Archive of the Moving Image.
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Sam Cassiano
Sam Cassiano is a native Californian who spent his formative years in the Bay Area. An army brat, his family toured Germany and Japan before settling in El Paso in 1973. Initially a Communications Major at UTEP, a radio internship at KPAS-FM 94, the PASS launched his broadcasting career. He can be heard as the morning news anchor on KTEP during NPR's Morning Edition, and Friday evenings at 10 pm as the host of Friday Night Blues.
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