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I'm ready for my close-up: Black Musicians on Film

by: Alex Fitch

Publication date: 2007-03-15

Topics: Black music, Film history, John Clarke, The Times, Dreamgirls

An episode of "I'm ready for my close-up", originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM. Alex Fitch interviews Times journalist John Clarke about the history of black musicians on film in the aftermath of the release of Dreamgirls.

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Press release: As a belated follow up to his article on the subject, Alex Fitch talks to Times journalist John Clarke about the history of Black musicians on film from 1929's Hallelujah to this year's Dreamgirls. The show also features clips from Stormy Weather (1943), Shaft (1971) and The Blues Brothers (1980)...