Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande

Synopsis

When the five-man funk band of Caribbean-born Londoners called Cymande (pronounced seh-MON-day) played their last gig in 1974, they assumed the story was over. But thousands of miles away, proto hip-hop DJs were being influenced by their sound, and over the course of the next few decades, their music was reborn. This film takes us to the source as the group reforms for a triumphant return to stages — this time in front of huge, grateful crowds.

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Archived on the AFS site between Wed, Sep 18 2024 and Mon, Sep 8 2025, across 5 captures. These dates are inferred from Wayback Machine captures and may not be accurate.