There’s no consensus about what led to the violence at the Disco Demolition at the Chicago White Sox field in 1979. Were the thousands of people—mostly White—who stormed the field after reveling in the fiery destruction of disco records naïve teenagers or homophobic racists?
The War on Disco, which premieres on AMERICAN EXPERIENCE tonight explores that question, the cultural forces that gave rise to disco and the fierce backlash that emerged against a backdrop of race, culture and socioeconomic hardship.
Watch it tonight at 9pm on GBH 2.
