The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy.
They fall, losing everything, and the sanctu.
Under integrated leadership, Stax explodes as a national player until, Icarus-like, the heights they achieve result in their tragic demise.
Their success soon pits the siblings against each other, and the brother abandons his sister for a visionary African-American partner.
A white brother and sister build a monument to racial harmony in blighted south Memphis during the civil rights movement.
The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy