BIOGRAPHIES
The Golden Age:
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Swing Kids 1993 Directed by Thomas Carter
The
Lindy Hop
scenes in Swing Kids were
choreographed under Otis Sallid by Ryan Francois,
a very talented young Lindy Hopper at the time. Sallid
met Francois
while both were working on the Savoy Ballroom scene in
the film Malcolm
X. Both of these films have had an important
influence
on the revival of swing music and dancing among young
people.
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Ann
Johnson
Dorothy Johnson Norma Miller Al Minns Frankie Manning Billy Ricker Willa Mae Ricker Russell Williams MOVIES After Seben The Big Apple Call Of The Jitterbug Can't Top the LHop Cootie Williams Cottontail Day At The Races Chicago & All That Jazz Frankie Manning Instructional Videos Hellzapoppin' Hot Chocolates Jammin'the Blues Jittering Jitterbugs Killer Diller Malcolm X Manhattan Merry-Go-Round Queen of Swing Radio City Revels The Spirit Moves Stompin' at theSavoy Swing Kids Swingin'at the Savoy Symphony in Black SAVOYSTYLESHOPP Vintage Videos Instructional Videos |
This feature film is based on the true story of the role that jazz music and dancing played in Nazi Germany. The German teenager's unabashed admiration for the likes of Louis Armstrong, a Black, Benny Goodman, a Jew, and Django Rinehart, a Gypsy , was in direct defiance of the Nazis and their drive for "pure" Aryan dominance. This video is no longer available commercially in the US. |
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