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Year
1959
Runtime
34 min.
Director
Edward Bland
Genres
Music, Documentary, Short
Rating *
6.2
Votes *
144
Checks
261
Favs
5
Dislikes
10
Favs/checks
1.9% (1:52)
Favs/dislikes
1:2
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  1. Dr No's avatar

    Dr No

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNv5l8KuoZw

    previous link's dead
    This one might work for some time
    5 years 2 months ago
  2. Laydback's avatar

    Laydback

    I'm pretty sure this film holds the record for excessive use of the word, "Negro". 13 years ago
  3. anthemforadoomed's avatar

    anthemforadoomed

    Truly depressing comments here. Other than the dated terminology, the film is beautiful, perfect, and unquestionably correct. Any music historian will tell you that Black American musicians merged the soul and melody of blues with the compositional approach of classical music to create jazz in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There's no Beatles without BB King and there's no Benny Goodman without Scott Joplin or Jelly Roll Morton. Without the unique experience of being Black in America there would be no jazz and no rock n roll. 1 year 2 months ago
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  1. This movie ranks #174 in Amos Vogel's Film as a Subversive Art
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  2. This movie ranks #557 in Library of Congress's National Film Registry
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