The Legend of Cool Disco Dan

Overview

"The Legend of Cool 'Disco' Dan" is the story of black Washington DC told from the perspective of Cool "Disco" Dan starting with his birth during the civil rights era and follows his life parallel with the rise of Go-Go music through the 1980s (which is the unheard but yet dominant urban music of DC) and also local DC politics with Marion Barry's rise and fall. Despite ending up homeless Cool "Disco" Dan used graffiti to escape the social problems D.C. had in the 1980s when things turned violent and became known as the Murder Capital of the United States. Cool "Disco" Dan ends up as a cult character of DC and his name becomes a symbol of survival during DC's most trying years.

Directed by Joseph Pattisall

Top cast

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Cool 'Disco' Dan

Himself

Henry Rollins

Narrator

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Marion Barry

Himself

Chuck Brown

Himself

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Gregory 'Sugar Bear' Elliott

Himself

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Big Tony Fisher

Himself

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Paul Hendrickson

Himself

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Andre 'Whiteboy' Johnson

Himself

Seth Hurwitz

Himself

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DC Scorpio

Himself

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Frank Ski

Himself

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Alona Wartofsky

Herself

Details