Juke Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams (2015)
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29 minJun 1st, 2015
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 saintsBeale Street mamas and storefront preachers crime bosses and upwardly striving lawyers and soldierswho are tempted by jazz and sex and then set back on the glory road to salvation MoMA
DirectorThom Andersen
