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The call of the jitterbug / Green Room Productions ; directed by Jesper Sorensen, Vibeke Winding, and Tana Ross.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.)--History.
- Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.).
- African American dance--History--20th century.
- African American dance.
- African Americans--Social life and customs--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Boogie woogie (Music).
- Dance--United States--History--20th century.
- Dance.
- Jitterbug (Dance).
- Lindy (Dance).
- Swing (Dance).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (36 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, [1988]
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- Documentary on the jitterbug and lindy hop, a dance craze that swept the nation beginning in Harlem in the 1930s. Delilah Jackson, Mama Lu Parks, George Lloyd, Sugar Sullivan-Niles, Frank Manning, Sandra Gibson, and musicians Bill Dillard and Dizzy Gillespie also reminisce about dancing at the Savoy Ballroom and other popular clubs, which are seen in historical film footage. Parks and Manning are shown teaching the dance, which continues to be performed in clubs and on stage.
- Notes:
- Previously released on DVD.
- OCLC:
- 780480097
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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