Plenty of good women dancers African American women hoofers from Philadelphia.

Additional titles:
  • African American women hoofers from Philadelphia
    • Contributor:
    Resource Type:
    Video
    Publication:
    Philadelphia, Pa. : Philadelphia Folklore Project, [2004]
    Copyright Notice:
    2004
    Physical Description:
    1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

    Availability

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    GV1624.7.A34 P546x 2004 DVD

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    Details

    Sound characteristics:
    • digital
    • optical
    • stereo
    Digital file characteristics:
    • video file
    • DVD video
    Note:
    • Featured artists, Edith 'Baby Edwards' Hunt, Libby Spencer, and Hortense Allen Jordan, with LaVaughn Robinson, Germaine Ingram, Delores and Dave McHarris, Kitty DeChavis, Isabelle Fambro, and historic footage of Jeni LeGon, Cora LaRedd, Dottie Saulters, Juanita Pitts, the Miller Brothers and Lois, the Four Covans and others.
    • "'Plenty of good women dancers' is part of the Philadelphia Tap Initiative, a series of programs initiated by Germaine Ingram and carried out by the Philadelphia Folklore Project."
    • Directed by Germaine Ingram, Debora Kodish, and Barry Dornfeld ; produced by Debora Kodish and Barry Dornfeld.
    • Narrator, Charlotte Blake Alston.
    • DVD format.
    Summary:
    This documentary features Philadelphia-area African American women tap dancers whose careers spanned the 1930s-1990s, including film clips, interviews, and a newly produced tap show with a cast of more than 40 dancers.
    Subject:
    Genre:
    SCRC Collecting Area:
    Archives and Manuscripts
    ISBN:
    • 9780964493766
    • 0964493764
    LC Classification:
    GV1624.7.A34 P546x 2004
    Catalog Record ID:
    991005131519703811
    Language:
    English