Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
2018
23 min
English
Noble Sissle brought Ragtime to France and started the European obsession with Black music.
$40,000
Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural development.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- El Dorado Films
Keywords
- jazz
- world war i
- civil rights
- broadway
- veteran
- harlem renaissance
- african american
- noble lee sissle
- eubie blake
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Top Cast
Trevor Getz as Trevor Getz
Noble Lee Sissle Jr. as Noble Lee Sissle Jr.
Top Crew
Daniel L. Bernardi · Director, Writer
David de Rozas · Director, Editor
Andrés Gallegos · Cinematographer
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