Watch Now – Feature Documentary, “Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues” (On The Birth Of The Blues)
Received another email from California Newsreel, alerting us that the full-length documentary, Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues, is available to watch for free online through the month of March, in celebration of Women’s History Month; so you’re encouraged to head over there and give it a look.
In short, the 1989 58-minute film “shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this century. It recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and the other legendary women who made the blues a vital part of American culture. The film brings together for the first time dozens of rare, classic renditions of the early blues.”
You can read more about the documentary HERE.
The film, produced and directed by Christine Dall, will be available for viewing through the end of March. So, you’ve got a couple of weeks+ to check it out. I plan to do so myself.
Click HERE (or the image above) to go to the California Newsreel page where you can watch the film in its entirety!
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Wild Women Don't Have the Blues Preview
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this century. It recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and the other legendary women who made the blues a vital part of American culture. The film brings together for the first time dozens of rare, classic renditions of the early blues.
To add the film to your personal collection or to suggest your public or school library purchase a copy of the film, please visit the Wild Women Don't Have the Blues website.
>via: http://www.newsreel.org/Wild-Women.htm