This nostalgic documentary investigates the history of tap dancing, particularly focusing on the 1930s, when performers became famous for accompanying live jazz music. Viewing the art form from a cultural perspective, the film, which makes extensive use of movie clips and vintage photographs, explores tap dancing in the context of the American -- and most significantly African American -- heritage. Among the revered dancers featured are Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green and Howard "Sandman" Sims.

Bleaching Black Culture examines the continuum of America's black cultural appropriation and effects on the African American community. ... Currently, the Rhythm and Blues billboard chart, a genre developed for the African American voice, is dominated with the likes of Robin Thicke, Justin Bieber, and Adele.

Plenty of Good Women Dancers: African American Women Hoofers from Philadelphia is one in a series of traveling folklife photo exhibitions organized by the Philadelphia Folklore Project, an independent agency that works to preserve and support the folk arts of Philadelphia.

Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles. The concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. The concert's performers included all of Stax's prominent artists at the time. The genres of the songs performed included soul, gospel, R&B, blues, funk, and jazz.

That Rhythm, Those Blues is a short documentary covering the R&B (rhythm and blues) field from the 194-s to the early 1950s. R&B emerged from African-American communities around the United States and paved the way to rock and roll. Ruth Brown and Charles Brown are among the R&B pioneers who share their memories.

Stormy Weather is a 1943 American musical film produced and released by 20th Century Fox. The film is one of two Hollywood musicals with an African American cast released in 1943, the other being MGM's Cabin in the Sky. The film is considered a primary showcase of some of the leading African American performers of the day, during an era when African American actors and singers rarely appeared in lead roles in mainstream Hollywood productions.