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Black Music Program at ADIFF DC (Film Screening)
10am - St. Louis Blues - a Classic
Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can't stay away from the music of the streets and workers. After he writes a theme song for a local politician, Gogo, a speakeasy singer, convinces Will to be her accompanist. Will is estranged from his father for many years while he writes and publishes many blues songs. At last the family is reunited when Gogo brings them to New York to see Will's music played by a symphony orchestra.
12pm - The Disappearance of Miss Scott
Learn about jazz virtuoso and screen superstar Hazel Scott, the first Black American to have their own television show.
The Disappearance of Miss Scott chronicles Hazel Scott’s meteoric rise as a jazz talent and major Hollywood star before being blacklisted during the Red Scare.
2pm - Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me
Teddy Pendergrass and the Philadelphia Sound were incredibly significant in the landscape of American music, particularly R&B and soul, during the 1970s. The untold and ultimately inspiring story of legendary singer, Teddy Pendergrass, the man poised to be the biggest R&B artist of all time until the tragic accident that changed his life forever at the age of only 31.
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3147303-0
