"You'd Be Surprised How Happy People Are to Talk About the Best Times in Their Lives": Elegance Bratton on His Sundance-Debuting Doc, Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

"A good party knows no fucking sexual orientation, no race, no socioeconomic background," notes Vince Lawrence, the very first person to record a house song and the main protagonist in Elegance Bratton's Sundance-debuting Move Ya Body: The Birth of House. That a global movement could be traced back to a rather nerdy Black youngster raised in the segregated world of Mayor Daley's Chicago is just one surprising element in this lovingly crafted music history lesson. (Less surprising is the number o...