Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams

Overview

Thom Andersen (Los Angeles Plays Itself, Red Hollywood) reconsiders the films of Spencer Williams, the pioneering African American screenwriter, director, and actor whose 1940s melodramas centered on sinners and saints—Beale Street mamas and storefront preachers, crime bosses and upwardly striving lawyers and soldiers—who are tempted by jazz and sex and then set back on the glory road to salvation. - MoMA

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 1, 2015

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Director

Thom Andersen

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt5336610