POSTPONED: What's Happening? Film Series: Women in Jazz

Due to unforseen circumstances, this program has been postponed. We are actively working to reschedule this event, and we will follow up with more information to registered guests as soon as possible. 

Learn about the first racially-integrated all-female band in the US and more for this year's Black History Month!In conjunction with the Music and Recorded Sound Division's exhibition Rhythm Is My Business: Women Who Shaped Jazz, the Reserve Film and Video Collection host an evening of film and discussion delving into the history of female jazzmusicians. Join us for a screening of the documentary films International Sweethearts of Rhythm, which tells the story of the first racially-integrated all-female band in the United States, and Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women, which profiles jazz trumpeter Tiny Davis and her partner, drummer-pianist Ruby Lucas.

The screening is followed by a conversation with filmmaker Greta Schiller and author Linda Dahl (Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century ofJazzWomen).

Photo Credit: Still from International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Directed by Greta Schiller and Andrea Weiss

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