The War on Disco Chapter 1 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

A story that’s about much more than music, THE WAR ON DISCO explores how the powerful anti-disco backlash revealed a cultural divide that to some seemed to be driven by racism and homophobia. The hostility came to a head on July 12, 1979, when a riot broke out at “Disco Demolition Night” during a baseball game in Chicago.

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