For My Sisters

For My Sisters

8.0/101h 0m2014
For My Sisters

Overview

FOR MY SISTERS is a movie about black culture or rather: black women, specifially: a movie about black singers. Alberta Hunter, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone. They are the four "Big Sisters", singer Carole Alston follows through to the age of jazz. Alston, "a voice as dark and sweet as molasses", as described by the Financial Times, was born in Washington, DC and has been living in Vienna for almost 30 years. She is sure: "Those four icons help you explain what jazz is and even the history of jazz right along."

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

PLAESION Film

Additional Information

Original Title:For My Sisters
Original Language:German
Status:Released
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