Fiche Film
Cinéma/TV
2002
It's black entertainment
Pays concerné : États-Unis
Film en noir et blanc
Genre : société
Français
Cette enquête illustrée d'interviews et de nombreux extraits de films, propose de rendre hommage aux artistes noirs qui ont contribué, par leur talent, au succès de nombreux chefs d'oeuvre du cinéma hollywoodien. "Hello Dolly", "Lady Sings The Blues", "Robin and The Seven Hoods", "Stormy Weather", "The Blues Brothers", "The Bodyguard", "The Cotton Club", "The Wiz", "Woodstock" ; nombre de ces chefs d'oeuvre du patrimoine cinématographique Hollywoodien ont marqué les esprits grace notamment à leur bande originale. Mais derrière les paillettes, beaucoup ont encore de l'amertume. Pour tous ces talentueux comédiens, le chant et la danse était le seul moyen de se faire une place à Hollywood. Et peu d'entre eux ont réussit à percer dans le cinéma juste avec le talent de comédien.
Ce documentaire revient sur cent ans de collaboration entre la musique noire et l'univers cinématographique. A travers les interviews d'artistes, de réalisateurs, de producteurs, de comédiens (Alan Parker, Berry Gordy, Gregory Hines, Ice T, John Landis, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Whitney Houston), ce film rend hommage à toutes ces personnalités et à leur talent. "It's black entertainment" est la première enquête sur cette page de l'histoire qui ravira les amateurs de musique et de cinéma.
Ce documentaire revient sur cent ans de collaboration entre la musique noire et l'univers cinématographique. A travers les interviews d'artistes, de réalisateurs, de producteurs, de comédiens (Alan Parker, Berry Gordy, Gregory Hines, Ice T, John Landis, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Whitney Houston), ce film rend hommage à toutes ces personnalités et à leur talent. "It's black entertainment" est la première enquête sur cette page de l'histoire qui ravira les amateurs de musique et de cinéma.
English
It's black entertainment
Amazon.com
There weren't many African American faces when MGM trotted out the pastiche of its own musical glory, 1974's That's Entertainment! That fact is redressed in dazzling fashion in this compilation video, originally broadcast on Showtime. Hosted by Vanessa Williams, the retrospective is broken up into several categories: dancers, divas, rock and soul, jazz and swing, male singers, and hip-hop. With an 80-minute running time, it's hardly comprehensive, but what it includes is choice. Most dazzling is a section on tap dancers, with amazing footage of relatively unknown (at least in the mainstream) performers like Stump & Stumpy and Earl "Snakehips" Tucker. It's easy to quibble about people who are included (Diana Ross over Etta James?) or excluded (Ray Charles? Chuck Berry?), but it's hard to ignore the terrific old footage or the cogent commentary by observers such as Jamie Foxx, Quincy Jones, and Debbie Allen. -Marshall Fine
Product Description
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes.
There weren't many African American faces when MGM trotted out the pastiche of its own musical glory, 1974's That's Entertainment! That fact is redressed in dazzling fashion in this compilation video, originally broadcast on Showtime. Hosted by Vanessa Williams, the retrospective is broken up into several categories: dancers, divas, rock and soul, jazz and swing, male singers, and hip-hop. With an 80-minute running time, it's hardly comprehensive, but what it includes is choice. Most dazzling is a section on tap dancers, with amazing footage of relatively unknown (at least in the mainstream) performers like Stump & Stumpy and Earl "Snakehips" Tucker. It's easy to quibble about people who are included (Diana Ross over Etta James?) or excluded (Ray Charles? Chuck Berry?), but it's hard to ignore the terrific old footage or the cogent commentary by observers such as Jamie Foxx, Quincy Jones, and Debbie Allen. -Marshall Fine
Product Description
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes.
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