Program about the legendary Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and his contribution to tap dancing, his "Uncle Tom" image and his struggle against discrimination. Colleagues and friends, including Sammy Davis Jr., Honi Coles, Sandman Sims, Bunny Briggs, Rosetta LeNoire, Cab Calloway, Geoffrey Holder, Pearl Primus, Donald McKayle and William DeForrest offer commentary and memories of Robinson. Excerpts from movies ("Harlem is Heaven," "King for a Day," "The Little Colonel," "The Littlest Rebel," "Over the Top to Bebop," "Stormy Weather") as well as other historic film footage is shown.
"Program about the legendary Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and his contribution to tap dancing, his "Uncle Tom" image and his struggle against discrimination. Colleagues and friends, including Sammy Davis Jr., Honi Coles, Sandman Sims, Bunny Briggs, Rosetta LeNoire, Cab Calloway, Geoffrey Holder, Pearl Primus, Donald McKayle and William DeForrest offer commentary and memories of Robinson. Excerpts from movies ("Harlem is Heaven," "King for a Day," "The Little Colonel," "The Littlest Rebel," "Over the Top to Bebop," "Stormy Weather") as well as other historic film footage is shown."@en
"Program about the legendary Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and his contribution to tap dancing, his "Uncle Tom" image and his struggle against discrimination. Colleagues and friends, including Sammy Davis Jr., Honi Coles, Sandman Sims, Bunny Briggs, Rosetta LeNoire, Cab Calloway, Geoffrey Holder, Pearl Primus, Donald McKayle and William DeForrest offer commentary and memories of Robinson. Excerpts from movies ("Harlem is Heaven," "King for a Day," "The Little Colonel," "The Littlest Rebel," "Over the Top to Bebop," "Stormy Weather") as well as other historic film footage is shown."
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