David Crosby Gets Film Bug

06/05/1998 3:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Bruce Haring

(6/5/98) - Singer-songwriter David Crosby is jumping into the movie business with Stand And Be Counted, a documentary about the role of popular music in social activism and political movements.

Stand will trace the involvement of musicians in important social and political changes from the post-Civil War era through the civil rights movement of the 1960s, and to major musical events such as the concert for Bangladesh and Live Aid.

The film will feature dozens of interviews with many of the most influential folk and rock musicians of recent decades, including Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Elton John, Sting, Carole King, Don Henley, Shawn Colvin, Bonnie Raitt, Melissa Etheridge, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash and Neil Young. Comedic actors Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg will also appear in the film.

Crosby first conceivedStand as a book, during his convalescence after a 1994 liver transplant. Crosby is co-writing the book with author David Bender for the Harper San Francisco publishing imprint. The film is expected to be finished by next year's Sundance Film Festival.