May 2012
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A short clip from Burlesque in Harlem (1949)
Musical revue film directed by William D. Alexander features a cast of dancers, singers, and comedians in variety acts.
Film stars Dewey ‘Pigmeat’ Markham, George Wilshire, Vivian Harris, Princess Dorsey, Dick Barrow, and Betty Taylor and her Taylorettes.
more film clips at Museum of African American Cinema
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide |...
The first scenes of Ntozake Shanges play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf”.
This film was created for the American Playhouse series in 1982 and it opens with Ntozake Shange, it also features Alfre Woodard, and Lynn Whitfield, as well as Patti Labelle singing opening poem.
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