International Sweethearts of Rhythm (1986)

Directors

Andrea Weiss, Greta Schiller

The story

International Sweethearts of Rhythm opens with archival footage of Anna Mae Winburn on vocals and the band performing the song "Jump Children", interspersed with contemporary comments by Winburn, Tiny Davis, and Rosalind "Roz" Cron discussing the challenges the band faced due to gender, and celebrating the success of the band amongst their fan base. Throughout the film, except during interview sequences, the band's music is heard in the background, sometimes with still photographs of the band and individual members seen onscreen. The film discusses the origin of the band at the Piney Woods Country Life School in Mississippi in 1937,…

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