Dance Black America (1983)

Filmed for the PBS Great Performances television anthology series dedicated to the performing arts. A three-day festival celebrating black dance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) in April, 1983, features concert dance by leading black choreographers and street and social dance that trace their roots to Africa. Performances by The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (featuring Donna Wood and Gary DeLoatch), Garth Fagan's Bucket Dance Theater, Mama Lu Park's Jazz Dancers, The Charles Moore Dance Theater, The Chuck Davis Dance Co., Eleo Pomare, legendary tapper Chuck Green, The Magnificent Force, The Jazzy Jumpers, Al Perryman, Leon Jackson, Halifu Osumare, Dejan's Olympia Brass Band of New Orleans, Rudy Stevenson Band, Ruth Brisbane, and BISS Harmonizers.