For My Sisters

Overview

FOR MY SISTERS is a movie about black culture or rather: black women, specifially: a movie about black singers. Alberta Hunter, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone. They are the four "Big Sisters", singer Carole Alston follows through to the age of jazz. Alston, "a voice as dark and sweet as molasses", as described by the Financial Times, was born in Washington, DC and has been living in Vienna for almost 30 years. She is sure: "Those four icons help you explain what jazz is and even the history of jazz right along."

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 13, 2014

Original language

English

Spoken languages

German, English

Countries

Austria, United States of America

Production

PLAESION Film

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site