78 mins |
Rated
TBC
Stormy Weather
(Andrew L. Stone, 1943, 78 min)
Sat May 13, 4:30pm
Tue May 16, 4:30pm
“Hollywood made big-budget films with black stars for the war effort only. Stormy Weather, an all-black entertainment spectacular presided over by legendary tap-dancer Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson is the only film really to showcase his talent. Other black stars in the film include the Nicholas Brothers (who claimed they’d later toned down their act in The Pirate, so Gene Kelly could keep up—they still outshone him), Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and Lena Horne, and Katherine Dunham’s pioneering black company, which combined Afro-American dance with ballet and modern dance: sheer delight from beginning to end.” –Peter Wollen, Sight and Sound
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Stormy Weather
(Andrew L. Stone, 1943, 78 min)
Sat May 13, 4:30pm
Tue May 16, 4:30pm
“Hollywood made big-budget films with black stars for the war effort only. Stormy Weather, an all-black entertainment spectacular presided over by legendary tap-dancer Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson is the only film really to showcase his talent. Other black stars in the film include the Nicholas Brothers (who claimed they’d later toned down their act in The Pirate, so Gene Kelly could keep up—they still outshone him), Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and Lena Horne, and Katherine Dunham’s pioneering black company, which combined Afro-American dance with ballet and modern dance: sheer delight from beginning to end.” –Peter Wollen, Sight and Sound
