For My Sisters (2014)

ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー

上映時間 : 1時間 0分

演出 : Stephanus Domanig

シノプシス

FOR MY SISTERS is a movie about black culture or rather: black women, specifially: a movie about black singers. Alberta Hunter, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone. They are the four "Big Sisters", singer Carole Alston follows through to the age of jazz. Alston, "a voice as dark and sweet as molasses", as described by the Financial Times, was born in Washington, DC and has been living in Vienna for almost 30 years. She is sure: "Those four icons help you explain what jazz is and even the history of jazz right along."

出演

Carole Alston
Carole Alston
Carole Alston

製作陣

Stephanus Domanig
Stephanus Domanig
Director
Stephanus Domanig
Stephanus Domanig
Script
Peter Janecek
Peter Janecek
Producer
Alex Reindl
Alex Reindl
Producer
Birgit Gudjonsdottir
Birgit Gudjonsdottir
Camera Technician
Franz Moritz
Franz Moritz
Sound
Julia Drack
Julia Drack
Editor

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