Dancing Darkies

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Dancing Darkies
Directed by William K.L. Dickson
Produced byWilliam K.L. Dickson
Distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • 1896 (1896)
CountryUnited States
Language Silent

Dancing Darkies is an 1896 American, short, black-and-white, silent documentary film shot by William K.L. Dickson. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. Brooks, Tim (November 29, 2019). The Blackface Minstrel Show in Mass Media: 20th Century Performances on Radio, Records, Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-7676-0.
  2. Butters, Gerald R. (2002). Black Manhood on the Silent Screen. University Press of Kansas. ISBN   978-0-7006-1197-3.
  3. Lupack, Barbara Tepa (November 6, 2023). The Othering of Women in Silent Film: Cultural, Historical, and Literary Contexts. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN   978-1-6669-1397-2.
  4. Trenka, Susie (February 2, 2021). Jumping the Color Line: Vernacular Jazz Dance in American Film, 1929–1945. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-86196-978-4.
  5. Watkins, Mel (July 14, 2010). Stepin Fetchit: The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN   978-0-307-54750-7.