Lindy Hop Scene from Malcolm X
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Uploaded by siddarthagautama on Nov 11, 2007
A great clip from the film Malcolm X starring Denzel Washington. Look for Frankie Manning in this clip. He was the choreographer and taught Denzel how to Lindy. This dance scene is held at what was to be a re-creation of Roseland Ballroom in New York but Malcolm X danced mostly at the Savoy Ballroom, the birthplace of Lindy. The civil rights leader, Malcolm X, wrote in his autobiography how much he loved the lindy hop.
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Would a Boston nightclub in the 1940's have really been like this, or is this a deliberately campy wink at MGM musicals and Warner Brothers Censored 11 cartoons? I mean someone without their glasses on would be forgiven for mistaking this for an actual cartoon.
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ITS SHOWTIME
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Gotta love it! Look also for Chazz Young and Ryan Francois.
1 year ago 2
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"Flying Home" by Lionel Hampton. The vers in the film was recorded for it, the orig vers is on the soundtrack album. Great disc, pick it up, worth the money!
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It was incredible on a big screen! The sound syst I saw it in was also a good one - the tune filled the theatre!
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Saw Spike Lee speak at my college & he told us that Denzel learned how to jitterbug & did his own dancing in here. Pretty damn impressive!
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omg ive been llearning some of those moves
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Greatest dance scene in a film.
2 years ago 3
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this scene was absolutly fabulous.....the dancing alone should have gotten an oscar
dpkvwells 3 years ago 8
I remember being in the movie theater watching this part, and the crowd nearly went crazy. I only had to have been a pre-teen at the time, and it amazes now as much as it did back then.
Chazz00 2 years ago 4