The Spirit Moves

1h 59min

Documentary

Music

A History of Black Social Dance on Film, 1900–1986 is a documentary film by Mura Dehn chronicling the evolution of African-American social dance throughout most of the 20th century. In its original form it consists of nearly six hours of rare archival footage shot over the course of thirty years.

Cast

Frankie Manning

Frankie Manning

Self - Dancer
Willa Mae Ricker

Willa Mae Ricker

Self - Dancer

Release date

17th Dec 1987

Status

Released

Spoken languages