Critic Reviews

All three artists aim to reach an audience equally as dedicated to engendering change. Through the interlacing of perspectives, Mixtape Trilogy: Stories of the Power of Music unearths the everlasting influence of music and why listener and artist should forever cherish that influence alike.

The three “stories” here don’t really connect. The music is good, but the stories are so different, with each falling on different spots on the “Is there a point to all this?” spectrum that ,the film doesn’t measure up to the tunes.

This film, relatively modest in scale but broad in ambition, offers three stories of music makers and devotees. It’s a mixed bag, alternating conventional homily with genuine, substantial analysis.