Brains, Beauty & Blackness

An Intro to HBCU Danceline History, Culture & Style




Price: $49.95

This 45 minute research-film is an unpeeling of: What HBCU danceline genre is, Why HBCU Danceline is what it is, How HBCU Danceline came to be, Where it can be found, What makes a good danceline, and; Who these women are. We used a combination of narrative interviews, cinematic portraits, and archival footage to piece this beautiful and glittering tale together.

Film run time: 45 minutes
Released: 2018

Instagram: @hbcudancelinedocumentary
Facebook: HBCUDancelineDocumentary

PROGRAM DETAILS:

RESEARCH AND NARRATION
LaQuinda Grimes

ADDITIONAL FILM SOURCES
Eight to Five Entertainment
DEMARIDGE
Doubletime Entertainment
Wesley Clarke -Tracy Haynes

PHOTOGRAPHS
Courtesy of:
The State Archives of Florida
Special Collections of Asa H. Gordon Library of Savananh State University

PHOTOGRAPHY
LaQuinda Grimes

EDITOR
LaQuinda Grimes,Tracy Haynes, Sarah Corin, Asha Stuart

EQUIPMENT
National Geographic

PRODUCER
LaQuinda Grimes, Somewhere Dancing, LLC
Black Sequence Project

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & DISTRIBUTION
Yauri Dalencour, Dancetime Publications

EXPERTS
DANCERS
Kim Coln (Bubblin Brown)
Piper Williams (J-Settes)
KiKi Ely (Dancing Dolls)
Ashley Johnson (Champagne & Golden Jackettes)
Desiree Dixon (Golden Delight)
Simone Williams (Champagne)
Vershion Lee (Bubblin’ Brown and Champagne)
Mariah Davis (14K)
Keelia Brown (Essence & HBCU Dance Corp.)

SPEAKERS
Professor Toni Renee Johnson
Raymond Brown

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