<I>Dance Black America</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1985
name: label: Directed by
content: Chris Hegedus, American, born 1952
label: Directed by
content: D.A. Pennebaker, American, 1925 - 2019
label: Narrated by
content: Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian American, 1930 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Gary DeLoatch, American, 1953 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Chuck Green, American, 1919 - 1997
label: Subject of
content: Al Perryman, American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Eleo Pomare, Colombian American, 1937 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: Rock Steady Crew, American, founded 1977
label: Subject of
content: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American, founded 1958
label: Subject of
content: Donna Jean Wood, American, born 1954
label: Subject of
content: Garth Fagan Dance, American, founded 1970
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary film with the title Dance Black America. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film features on-stage performances at a three-day festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) celebrating Black dance. The performers include The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (featuring Donna Wood and Gary DeLoatch), Garth Fagan’s Bucket Dance Theater, Mama Lu Park’s Jazz Dancers, The Charles Moore Dance Theater, The Chuck Davis Dance Co., Eleo Pomare, Chuck Green, The Magnificent Force, The Jazzy Jumpers, Al Perryman, Leon Jackson, Halifu Osumare, Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans, Rudy Stevenson Band, Ruth Brisbane, and BISS Harmonizers. There is also archival footage and a few of the dancers discuss their experience dancing.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Modern dance
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.72.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 31 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1150 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 43 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1550 Feet