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Our Great Day: A Bond with Houston Blues
directed by Rubén Durán, fl. 1992; produced by Rubén Durán, fl. 1992, CAB 95 films (Houston, TX: Rubén Durán, 2019), 53 mins
This documentary pays tribute to the rich African American blues heritage of the largest city in Texas by tracing the unlikely relationship between a cast of colorful characters and a Chicagoborn photographer now living in Ireland. The primary focus is a 1998 reunion of almost 80 musicians for a group portrait, an...
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directed by Rubén Durán, fl. 1992; produced by Rubén Durán, fl. 1992, CAB 95 films (Houston, TX: Rubén Durán, 2019), 53 mins
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This documentary pays tribute to the rich African American blues heritage of the largest city in Texas by tracing the unlikely relationship between a cast of colorful characters and a Chicagoborn photographer now living in Ireland. The primary focus is a 1998 reunion of almost 80 musicians for a group portrait, an event staged in a Third Ward building that dates back to Temple Beth Israel, the state’s oldest Jewish congregation. Yet the larger...
This documentary pays tribute to the rich African American blues heritage of the largest city in Texas by tracing the unlikely relationship between a cast of colorful characters and a Chicagoborn photographer now living in Ireland. The primary focus is a 1998 reunion of almost 80 musicians for a group portrait, an event staged in a Third Ward building that dates back to Temple Beth Israel, the state’s oldest Jewish congregation. Yet the larger story incorporates additional video produced, in Houston and in Ireland, between 1995 and 2018. Ultimately Our Great Day blends diverse elements of local history— musical, socioethnic, even entrepreneurial and architectural—with blues performances, interviews with artists and insiders, and personal reflections by and about a fortunate photographer and his transatlantic connection to the original blues people of Houston.
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James Fraher, fl. 1980, Rubén Durán, fl. 1992, CAB 95 films
Author / Creator
Rubén Durán, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2019
Publisher
Rubén Durán
Topic / Theme
Photographs, Musicians, Blues
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2019 Rubén Durán
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T'aint Nobody's Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s
directed by Robert Philipson, fl. 2008; produced by Robert Philipson, fl. 2008, Shoga Films (Oakland, CA: Shoga Films, 2013), 28 mins,
Source: www.imdb.com
Source: www.imdb.com
As part of recapturing our lost and hidden past, "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness" presents the facts concerning the alternative sexualities of famous blues singers in a way that is unsensational yet entertaining. Many people will be surprised at how developed and robust alternative sexualities were 90 years ago. Althoug...
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directed by Robert Philipson, fl. 2008; produced by Robert Philipson, fl. 2008, Shoga Films (Oakland, CA: Shoga Films, 2013), 28 mins,
Source: www.imdb.com
Source: www.imdb.com
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As part of recapturing our lost and hidden past, "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness" presents the facts concerning the alternative sexualities of famous blues singers in a way that is unsensational yet entertaining. Many people will be surprised at how developed and robust alternative sexualities were 90 years ago. Although some of these women strove to hide and deny their same-sex activities in later years, especially if they turned to religion, their le...
As part of recapturing our lost and hidden past, "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness" presents the facts concerning the alternative sexualities of famous blues singers in a way that is unsensational yet entertaining. Many people will be surprised at how developed and robust alternative sexualities were 90 years ago. Although some of these women strove to hide and deny their same-sex activities in later years, especially if they turned to religion, their lesbian and bisexual proclivities contributed to the sexual and social freedom they championed for women both in their careers and in their personal lives.
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Field of Study
Popular Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert Philipson, fl. 2008, Shoga Films, Jewelle Gomez, 1948-
Author / Creator
Robert Philipson, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
Shoga Films
Speaker / Narrator
Jewelle Gomez, 1948-
Person Discussed
Gladys Bentley, 1907-1960, Ethel Waters, 1896-1977, Brian Keizer, fl. 2010, Chris Albertson, Ma Rainey, 1886-1939, Bessie Smith, 1894-1937, Alberta Hunter, 1895-1984
Topic / Theme
Blues
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 Shoga Films
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