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Posted by Terry Lagler (Member # 1110) on April 24, 2015, 02:19 PM:

This is a sweet story and also a reminder of why we should care for all our films.

102-year-old Alice Barker was a chorus line dancer during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s and 40s. She thought all the footage of her dancing had been destroyed, but with the help of Jazz on Film, Barker was finally able to relive all that jazz!

Cheers
Terry

Posted by Clinton Hunt (Member # 2072) on April 25, 2015, 02:35 AM:

Excellent !!

Posted by Mike Peckham (Member # 16) on April 30, 2015, 01:07 PM:

What a fantastic little video I watched it twice and it made me smile each time. Great to see the lady herself so immersed in the footage and gradually remembering long forgotten anecdotes from back in the day.

Very heart warming.

Mike [Cool]

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on May 01, 2015, 01:17 PM:

I watched it to. Very heart-warming! It's quite possible that she might not have seen all of these films. These might have been filmed for "white" audiences and shown at theaters back then that would only allow white people. It's a sad fact of history, but it's true.

There were also black only movie theaters, (I saw a very good documentary about the history of black films and movie theaters on PBS), and if these weren't distributed to black only movie theaters, than it is totally possible that she really didn't see these.

At any rate, those visits sure made that 102 year old ladies day!

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