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The Making of Unladylike2020
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Director Charlotte Mangin discusses what went into making Unladylike2020.
American Masters, committed to producing comprehensive film biographies about the broad cast of characters who comprise our cultural history.
Video description: Trumpeter and composer Clark Terry (1920 - 2015) talks about what Quincy Jones learned from Count Basie: the utilization of space and time. Terry gives examples of how Basie led his band's rhythm section and influenced the classic by trumpeter/composer Neal Hefti, "Li'l Darlin'." This film outtake is an original interview for American Masters - Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001).
The co-directors of "Mae West: Dirty Blonde," Sally Rosenthal and Julia Marchesi, discuss how Mae West inspired them.
The daughter of sharecropper in rural Texas, Bessie Coleman grew up picking cotton and eventually became the first African American woman aviator. Coleman became a media sensation with her daredevil performances, and was hailed as “Queen Bess” and “the world’s greatest woman flier.” Throughout her brief career, Coleman refused to perform in American airshows where audiences were segregated.
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