New York City's jazzy hub of creativity throughout the 1930s, the neighborhood of Harlem serves as the setting for two groundbreaking films in this exciting double-feature. In Edward G. Ulmer's "A Moon Over Harlem" (1939), a gangster's lifestyle has a detrimental on his entire family. In "Swing!" (1938), iconic African American auteur Oscar Michaud takes us behind the scenes as a Broadway producer attempts to stage an all-black musical extravaganza. Both selections offer a refreshingly stereotype-free view of a rarely captured time and place.
New York City's jazzy hub of creativity throughout the 1930s, the neighborhood of Harlem serves as the setting for two groundbreaking films in this exciting double-feature. In Edward G. Ulmer's "A Moon Over Harlem" (1939), a gangster's lifestyle has a detrimental on his entire family. In "Swing!" (1938), iconic African American auteur Oscar Michaud takes us behind the scenes as a Broadway producer attempts to stage an all-black musical extravaganza. Both selections offer a refreshingly stereotype-free view of a rarely captured time and place.
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