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Documents a four-day festival celebrating the evolution of black dance, from the sly parody of plantation quadrilles known as the Cakewalk to contemporary sophistication at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Features The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Mama Lu Parks' Jazz Dancers, Garth Fagan's Bucket Dance Theatre and more.

Narrated by Geoffrey Holder.

DVD, NTSC/PAL
Year 1990
Length 87 mins
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