2025 FESTIVALApril 2-12, 2025Lansing, MI

The Capital City Film Festival celebrates artists from around the world by curating outstanding multimedia experiences for the community.

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Distant Planet Project Presents: Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Presented in partnership with the MSU Museum

Limited space available – please RSVP to reserve your spot (CCFF passholders included!)

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DATE
Saturday, April 12, 2025
TIME
3:10 PM
VENUE
The Robin Theatre
FILMS RUNTIME
88 Minutes
TICKETS
FREE
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Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

Move Ya Body: The Birth of House

In the chaos of Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park, a teenage usher named Vince Lawrence witnessed the fiery backlash against disco—a sound that defined freedom and pride. Undeterred by the hostility, Vince used his earnings to buy a synthesizer, setting in motion a journey that would change music forever. Venturing into the underground sanctuary of The Warehouse, where Frankie Knuckles spun revolutionary sounds, Vince teamed up with Jesse Saunders to form Z Factor, a scrappy collective of visionaries who captured the pulse of Chicago’s underground on wax. Their track, On and On, became the first recorded house music anthem, sparking a movement that transformed a local DIY culture into a global phenomenon. From those gritty Chicago streets to festival stages worldwide, Vince’s story is an electrifying testament to how a dream, born in the ashes of rejection, ignited a genre that continues to unite and liberate people across the globe.