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Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams
Juke: Passages from the Films of Spencer Williams
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JUKE: PASSAGES FROM THE FILMS OF SPENCER WILLIAMS

Directed by Thom Andersen
United States, 2015
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

Spencer Williams was a pioneering African American screenwriter, director, and actor in the 1940s. Juke reconsiders Williams’ melodramas which centered on sinners and saints who are tempted by jazz and sex and then set back on the glory road to salvation.

Synopsis

Spencer Williams was a pioneering African American screenwriter, director, and actor in the 1940s. Juke reconsiders Williams’ melodramas which centered on sinners and saints who are tempted by jazz and sex and then set back on the glory road to salvation.