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

Basie, Count,; Batiuchok, Margaret.; Calloway, Cab,; Dillard, Bill.; Gibson, Sandra.; Gillespie, Dizzy,; Goodman, Benny,; Hines, Earl,; Jackson, Delilah.; James, Harry,; Lloyd, George.; Manning, Frankie.; Miller, Norma,; Parks, Mama Lu.; Ross, Tana.; Sorensen, Jesper.; Sullivan, Sugar.; Webb, Chick.; Winding, Vibeke.; Filmakers Library, inc.; Green Room Productions.; Mama Lu Parks' Traditional Jazz Dance Company.

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

1988

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

Publication Details

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, c1988.

Language

English

Description

1 online resource (36 min.)

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.

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Previously released on DVD.

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