Mahalia Jackson
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer's Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Anita O'Day, Chuck Berry, Dinah Washington, and closes with a beautiful rendition of The Lord's Prayer by Mahalia Jackson at midnight to usher in Sunday morning.
Publisher
Legacy Recordings
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
1 CD : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Recorded during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, these live performances have not been heard in over fifty years. This album brings a lost moment in musical history to light with performances from the Staple Singers, Sly & the Family Stone, and more.
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary, part music film, part historical record, created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture, and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten,...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.