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Lark Ascending
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Revelation
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Content description from Worldcat
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/ailey-dances/oclc/883121442):
A ballet performance by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and other musical performances, recorded live at New York's City Center Theater.
Ephemera: none available
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TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Backstage at the Cotton Club (1985) (no video link)
Subject
Harlem Renaissance
Dance and race
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century
Jazz--1931-1940
URL
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Description
Content description taken from ephemera:
This film explores Francis Ford Coppola's new film, The Cotton Club with black film stars Gregory Hines, Maurine Hines and Lonette McKee. Selected scenes from the film help explore the strict racial code enforced at the real Cotton Club by its gangster owner, Owney Madden.
Ephemera: Available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One small clipping from Under Cover magazine with program description.
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TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Chasing A Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker (1987)
Subject
African American entertainers--Biography
Jazz dance
URL
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Description
Content description from IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278389):
Documentary on black American singer/dancer Josephine Baker (1906-1974), who emigrated to France where she was a major artist from 1927 until her death.
Ephemera: none available
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Daughters of the Dust (motion picture) (trailer) (1991)
Subject
African Americans--Social conditions
Independent films
URL
Trailer
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Description
Content description from WorldCat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/daughters-of-the-dust/oclc/1089603129):
Story of a large African-American family as they prepare to move North from the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia at the dawn of the 20th century.
Ephemera: none available
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Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Julie Dash (director and writer)
Cora Lee Day, Barbara O, Alva Rogers, Trula Hoosier, Umar Abdurrahamn, Adisa Anderson, and Kaycee Moore (performers)
Stormy Weather (motion picture) - Lena Horne and Bill Robinson (performers) (excerpts) (1943)
Subject
Motion pictures
Musicals--Excerpts--Scores
URL
Jumpin' Jive
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Lena Horne
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Ain't Misbehavin'
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That Ain't Right
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The Cakewalk
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Description
Content description from Wikipedia.org (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormy_Weather_(1943_film)):
Stormy Weather takes its title from the 1933 song of the same title, which is performed near the end of the film. It is based upon the life and times of its star, dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. Robinson plays "Bill Williamson", a talented born dancer who returns home in 1918 after serving in World War I and tries to pursue a career as a performer. Along the way, he approaches a beautiful singer named Selina Rogers, played by Lena Horne in one of her few non-MGM film appearances (and one of only two films from the 1930s-1940s in which Horne played a substantial role). The character of Selina was invented for the film; Robinson did not have such a romance in real life.
The film's musical highlights include Waller performing his composition "Ain't Misbehavin'", Cab Calloway leading his band in his composition "Jumpin' Jive", and a lengthy sequence built around the title song, featuring the vocals of Lena Horne and the dancing of Katherine Dunham. Horne also performs in several dance numbers with Robinson.
The film is considered one of the best Hollywood musicals with an African-American cast, the other being MGM's Cabin in the Sky (1943). The film is considered a primary showcase of some of the top African-American performers of the time, during an era when African-American actors and singers rarely appeared in lead roles in mainstream Hollywood productions, especially those of the musical genre.
Ephemera: available through the CCDR collections at Arizona State University. One page from Under Cover magazine with handwritten notes.
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Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Andrew L. Stone (director)
Jerry Horwin (writer)
Seymour B. Robinson (writer)
Stravinsky's Firebird (excerpt) (modern ballet) (Dance Theater of Harlem) (1982)
Subject
Ballet companies
Ballet
Harlem
New York (N.Y.)
URL
Excerpt
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Description
Content description from dbs.galib.uga.edu
(http://dbs.galib.uga.edu/cgi-bin/parc.cgi?userid=galileo&dbs=parc&ini=parc.ini&action=retrieve&recno=3&format=_citation):
WQED joined forces with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and produced a one-hour television special which, in the opinion of the Peabody Board, has exceptional merit. Viewers were treated to a marvelous look at what goes on behind the scenes as the choreographer, the costumer, and others sought to create "Firebird." Later, there followed the story of the growth of the ballet company, a profile of some of those who made up its cast, and finally, to the premier performance itself at New York City Center. Arthur Mitchell has distinguished himself with an excellent script which provided the basis for this outstanding use of television. The Shell Companies Foundation and the Program Fund of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting contributed to the funding which made this Peabody Award-winning effort possible.
Ephemera: none available
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The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (1986)
Subject
African American families--Social conditions
Unmarried mothers--United States
Teenage pregnancy--United States
Public welfare
URL
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Description
Originally aired as a CBS Reports television segment.
Content description from WorldCat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/vanishing-family-crisis-in-black-america/oclc/965797402):
Focuses on the problems of Black single-parent families in Newark, New Jersey. In conversations with unmarried parents, news reporter Bill Moyers investigates patterns of teen-age pregnancy, the role of welfare, and the changes in values among Black families.
Ephemera: none available
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William Grant Still: Trailblazer from the South (1984) (no video link)
Subject
Composers--United States--Biography
African American composers
URL
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Description
Content description from Worldcat (https://www.worldcat.org/title/william-grant-still-trailblazer-from-the-south/oclc/43742618):
This 1984 PBS documentary examines the career of Afro-American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978). It includes excerpts from concert performances of Still's music, as well as interviews with Still's daughter Judith, Harvard historian Eileen Southern, conductor László Hálasz, and others. Also included are excerpts from radio interviews by Still and his wife, Verna Arvey.
Ephemera: saved from original ephemera. Small clipping from program guide. William Grant Still: Trailblazer from the South. A musical profile of the Dean of American Black Composers, who broke new ground as a claaical music composer in the 1930s and 40s. Handwritten notes by JWK: Under Cover 27 April 1985. Born 1895 (His mo. a college graduate!). Inc. theatricals. First Amer. Black composer of opera. Composed ballet - inc. for Ruth Page. Symphonies.
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