Noble Sissle's Syncopated Ragtime
Oct 01, 2018 | IMDB 0
23 min Watch NowDocumentary, Music
Combining footage unseen since WWI with original scores from the era, this film tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theatre, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural development.
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