In a wordless story with semi-surreal stage sets, a poor black man ventures from his ramshackle rural home to the big city, where a dancing girl in a dive two-times him. He returns to his home and wife's arms.
If you have thirteen minutes and you like jazz, you should probably watch this. It is weird and short and feels like something you'd find on a dusty VHS tape in a basement. People who like old experimental stuff or Harlem Renaissance history will dig it. If you need a plot with talking and logic, you're going to hate ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Murray Roth
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"If you have thirteen minutes and you like jazz, you should probably watch this. It is weird and short and feels like something you'd find on a dusty VHS tape in a basement. People who like old experimental stuff or Harlem Renaissance history will dig it. If you need a plot with talking and logic, you're going to hate it. 🎷 The whole thing is wordless. It’s based on a "Negro Rhapsody" by James P. Johnson, and the music is doing about 90% of the work here. It starts in this rural setting that ..."
Stanley Rauh
United States
