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The call of the jitterbug / Green Room Productions ; directed by Jesper Sorensen, Vibeke Winding, and Tana Ross.

Format Video (Streaming) and Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Filmakers Library, ©1988.
Description1 online resource (36 min.)
Supplemental Content https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?DAIV;1664278
Subject(s)
Savoy Ballroom (New York, N.Y.)--History.
African American dance--History --20th century.
African Americans--Social life and customs --20th century.
Boogie woogie (Music)
Dance--United States --History --20th century.
Jitterbug (Dance)
Lindy (Dance)
Swing (Dance)
Other author/creatorBasie, Count, 1904-1984.
Other author/creatorBatiuchok, Margaret.
Other author/creatorCalloway, Cab, 1907-1994.
Other author/creatorDillard, Bill.
Other author/creatorGibson, Sandra.
Other author/creatorGillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.
Other author/creatorGoodman, Benny, 1909-1986.
Other author/creatorHines, Earl, 1903-1983.
Other author/creatorJackson, Delilah.
Other author/creatorJames, Harry, 1916-1983.
Other author/creatorLloyd, George.
Other author/creatorManning, Frankie.
Other author/creatorMiller, Norma, 1919-2019.
Other author/creatorParks, Mama Lu.
Other author/creatorRoss, Tana.
Other author/creatorSorensen, Jesper.
Other author/creatorSullivan, Sugar.
Other author/creatorWebb, Chick.
Other author/creatorWinding, Vibeke.
Other author/creatorFilmakers Library, inc.
Other author/creatorGreen Room Productions.
Other author/creatorMama Lu Parks' Traditional Jazz Dance Company.
Abstract 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.
General notePreviously released on DVD.

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