AMERICAN SOUL AND JAZZ POET, MUSICIAN, GIL SCOTT-HERON, MIC IN HAND AND STANDING ON STAGE IN A CLUB, TALKS WITH AUDIENCE ABOUT GROWING UP IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI AND THE MUSIC (BLUES) THERE, HIS LIFE IN GENERAL, MOVING TO NEW YORK. AUDIENCE CAN BE HEARD TALKLING, LAUGHING.
(2/13/82)

FADE IN. HERON AT PIANO.

SONG ENDS. BLACK SCREEN. AUDIENCE APPLAUSE.

SCOTT-HERON STANDS UP FOR APPLAUSE AND LEAVES THE STAGE. ANNOUNCER THANKS AUDIENCE AND MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT TICKETS TO A FASHION SHOW.

CUT TO NEXT SONG.

CU SNEAKERED FEET TAPPING AND KEEPING TIME TO MUSIC.

SONG ENDS TO AUDIENCE APPLAUSE. CUT TO NEXT SONG.

SCOTT-HERON IS INTERVIEWED AFTER THE SHOW. HE TALKS TO UNSEEN INTERVIEWER ABOUT HIS CAREER, WHEN HE STARTED, HOW HIS STYLE AND WRITING EVOLVED, INITIAL FEEDBACK ON HIS POINT OF VIEW, HIS POETRY, BOB MARLEY AND HANGING OUT WITH HIM IN THE 70'S, TURNING FRUSTRATION TO HUMOR, HIS POLITICAL BELIEFS, CHANGE, REVOLUTION.

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