Show girls / presented by the National Film Board of Canada ; director/researcher, Meilan Lam ; producers, Tamara Lynch, Barrie Angus McLean.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Lam, Meilan, director, researcher.

Lynch, Tamara, producer.

McLean, Barrie Angus, 1933- producer.

Sherwood, Anthony, narrator.

Whims, Bernice Jordan, performer.

Foderingham, Olga Spencer, performer.

Brereton, Tina Baines, performer.

National Film Board of Canada, producer.

Cinema Guild, distributor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women, Black--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Biography.

Women, Black.

Biography.

Women entertainers--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Biography.

Women entertainers.

Harlem Renaissance.

Montréal (Québec)--History.

Montréal (Québec).

Genre:

Video recordings for hard of hearing people.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Biographical films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (52 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

Other Title:

Showgirls

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Cinema Guild [distributor], [1998]

Language Note:

Closed-captioned.

System Details:

VHS format.

analog

magnetic

VHS

Summary:

Depicts the lives of three black women who worked as dancers and singers in nightclubs and theaters in Montreal, Canada during the Jazz Era.

Participant:

Narrator, Anthony Sherwood.

Bernice "Bunny" Jordan Whims, Olga Spencer Foderingham, Tina Baines Brereton.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Wolf Koenig ; executive producers, David Verrall, Barrie Angus McLean.

Notes:

Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

OCLC:

42664632