Bessie Smith
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Bessie Smith

16mm, black and white, sound, 13.5 min
Charles I. Levine
Experimental
A cinematic tribute to the late blues singer Bessie Smith, with Bessie Smith as she appeared in the 1929 film St. Louis Blues and songs sung by her as well as a commentary read by Joseph Marzano. "It's ...
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Catalogue / Bessie Smith

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A cinematic tribute to the late blues singer Bessie Smith, with Bessie Smith as she appeared in the 1929 film St. Louis Blues and songs sung by her as well as a commentary read by Joseph Marzano. "It's the best film I've seen this year .... A masterpiece." – Lenny Lipton, Berkeley Barb

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    ​For the second program in our summer series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC, join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, August 23rd, 2024, at 7pm, for an hour-long slate of subversive and rarely-screened films and video art from our collection about, or featuring, jazz!

Films
Catalogue / Bessie Smith

Films

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