International Sweethearts of Rhythm : America's Hottest all Girl Band
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"Award winning trilogy of fims on women in jazz"--Container.
Collection of 3 films on famous women jazz musicians.
Title from opening frames.
"Jezebel Productions & Rosetta Records present"--At head of title.
"Preservation of this film was made possible by a grant from Women's Film Preservation Fund, New York Women in Film & Television"--Opening frames.
Special features: Director's Q & A at Lincoln Center, NYC.
International Sweethearts of Rhythm : America's hottest all girl band (1986) (30:00) -- Tiny and Ruby : hell divin' women (1987) (28:00) -- Maxine Sullivan : love to be in love (1988) (47:00).
Tiny and Ruby: Featuring Tiny Davis & Ruby Lucas (a.k.a. Renei Phelan) ; narrative poetry by Cheryl Clarke.
International Sweethearts of Rhythm "tells the story of the swinging, multiracial all-women jazz band of the 1940s"--Container ; Tiny and Ruby "is a rollicking portrait of two women who made a life together creating music"--Container ; Maxine Sullivan "is a long-overdue film portrait of the once famous, and now largely forgotten jazz vocalist Maxine Sullivan"--Container.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Jezebel Productions, c2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Schiller, Greta.
Weiss, Andrea.
Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987.
Davis, Tiny, 1909-1994.
Lucas, Ruby.
Jezebel Productions.
SUBJECTS
Sullivan, Maxine, -- 1911-1987.
Davis, Tiny, -- 1909-1994.
Lucas, Ruby.
International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
Women musicians -- History -- 20th century.
Women musicians -- Biography.
African American women musicians -- History -- 20th century.
African American women musicians -- Biography.
Women jazz musicians -- Biography.
Women singers -- Biography.