WNY friday film series presents
Al Jolson in
THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
Join us as we watch one of the first movies to make the transition from silent to sound (“You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!”), followed by a discussion of the controversial roles played by blackface minstrels and Jewish immigrants in American popular music, stage, and film.
Friday, March 7, 3pm, Apartment 712 (Waterman, FFiR)
Here's a trailer for a documentary about Jolson and the film, which gives you both some original footage and some commentary on it:
Al Jolson in
THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
Join us as we watch one of the first movies to make the transition from silent to sound (“You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!”), followed by a discussion of the controversial roles played by blackface minstrels and Jewish immigrants in American popular music, stage, and film.
Friday, March 7, 3pm, Apartment 712 (Waterman, FFiR)
Here's a trailer for a documentary about Jolson and the film, which gives you both some original footage and some commentary on it:
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