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International Sweethearts of Rhythm
- Title
- International Sweethearts of Rhythm [videorecording] / Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss.
- Publication
- New York : Cinema Guild, 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | VTH 655 I | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- The story of a multi-racial, all-women jazz band of the 1940's. A sixteen-piece band with a strong brass section, heavy percussion and a deep rhythmic sense, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm featured some of the best musicians of the day and performed at the Apollo Theater in New York, the Howard Theater in Washington D.C. and the Regal in Chicago. This documentary places the Sweethearts in an historical context and explores the climate of the late thirties and forties with regard to women and minorities. Oral history interviews with surviving band members are interwoven with rare archival footage of them in performance, music, photographs and memorabilia from private collections. (see also Tiny and Ruby: hell divin' women)
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- Credits (note)
- Directors, Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss.
- Title
- International Sweethearts of Rhythm [videorecording] / Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss.
- Imprint
- New York : Cinema Guild, 1986.
- Credits
- Directors, Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss.
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- Added Author
- Schiller, Greta.Weiss, Andrea.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 655 I