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CCFF & Distant Planet Project Present: 'Move Ya Body: The Birth of House'

Sat, Apr 12

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Lansing

A CCFF / Distant Planet production! 2025 / United States / 88 Minutes / Elegance Bratton

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CCFF & Distant Planet Project Present: 'Move Ya Body: The Birth of House'
CCFF & Distant Planet Project Present: 'Move Ya Body: The Birth of House'

Time & Location

Apr 12, 2025, 3:10 PM – 4:40 PM

Lansing, 1105 S Washington Ave, Lansing, MI 48910, USA

About The Event

Screening begins at 3:10 PM!


In the chaos of Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, a teenage usher named Vince Lawrence witnessed the fiery backlash against disco—a sound that defined freedom and pride. Undeterred by the hostility, Vince used his earnings to buy a synthesizer, setting in motion a journey that would change music forever. Venturing into the underground sanctuary of The Warehouse, where Frankie Knuckles spun revolutionary sounds, Vince teamed up with Jesse Saunders to form Z Factor, a scrappy collective of visionaries who captured the pulse of Chicago’s underground on wax. Their track, On and On, became the first recorded house music anthem, sparking a movement that transformed a local DIY culture into a global phenomenon. From those gritty Chicago streets to festival stages worldwide, Vince’s story is an electrifying testament to how a dream, born in the ashes of rejection, ignited a genre that continues to unite…


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