Show Girls

Lam, Meilan, (film director.). Lynch, Tamara, (film producer.). McLean, Barrie Angus, (film producer.). Verrall, David, (film producer.). McLean, Barrie Angus, (film producer.). National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), (film producer.).

Summary: Show Girls celebrates Montreal's swinging Black jazz scene from the 1920s to the 1960s, when the city was wide open. Three women who danced in the legendary Black clubs of the day - Rockhead's Paradise, The Terminal, Café St. Michel - share their unforgettable memories of life at the centre of one of the world's hottest jazz spots. From the Roaring Twenties, through the Second World War and on into the golden era of clubs in the fifties and sixities, Show Girls chronicles the lives of Bernice, Tina and Olga - mixing their memories with rarely seen footage of the era. Their stories are told against a backdrop of the fascinating social and political history that made Montreal a jazz and nightclub hotspot for decades. It is a story of song and dance, music and pride.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (52 min., 03 sec.) : sound + 1 study guide
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2017.
Copyright: ©1998

Content descriptions

General Note:	Agency - English program:.Animation, Children, Interactive Program - East. Study guide available.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director, Meilan Lam ; producer, Tamara Lynch, Barrie Angus McLean ; executive producer, David Verrall, Barrie Angus McLean ; script, Sugith Varughese ; camera, Wolf Koenig ; editing, Yurij Luhovy ; sound editing, Chris Crilly ; re-recording, Geoffrey Mitchell.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Anthony Sherwood ; participation, Tina Baines Brereton, Olga Spencer Foderingham, Bernice "Bunny" Jordan Whims.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1998.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Awards Note:	Antoinette (Nettie) Kryski Canadian Heritage Award - with a cash prize of 500$, 1999 Golden Sheaf Award - Category: Best Multicultural / Race Relations, 1999 Certificate of Merit, 1999 Chris Award - Category: Arts and Culture, 1999
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-07-01).