Films with: Burke, Joanne

Paris noir : African Americans in the City of Light

Documentary about the migration of pioneering African Americans to France and the impact both cultures had on each other. Through the use of rare photographs and stock footage, period music, and commentary by leading experts, it weaves stories and themes from World War I, the Jazz Age of the 1920s up to the German occupation of WWII.

DVD 11734

When African Americans came to Paris

Stories of famous African Americans in Paris in the early 20th century.

DVD 11736

When African Americans came to Paris

"This series of short videos by award-winning documentarian Joanne Burke brings to life the pioneering years of the African American presence in Paris. Each video reveals how France, and Paris in particular, became their bridge from a racially segregated USA to the greater world"--Container.

DVD 11735