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Title
Dancing Through the Flames: How the DC Dance Culture Survived 1968
Subject
Civil rights movement--History--20th century.
Dance & music
Black American Experience
Description
This documentary outlines the dancing show "Teenarama", which ran from 1963-1970. Black teenagers were able to dance on television, which provided positive, well-mannered, and fun-loving examples of African-American people. Dancers from "Teenarama" in 1968 recount their experiences on the show following the death of Martin Luther King Jr.
At the time, Washington, DC was wrought with political turmoil as uprisings emerged throughout the city. Media sources often utilized the riots to villainize African-American citizens, and for many young black people, they had little to no positive representation on television or in popular media. "Teenarama" served as a positive outlet for marginalized teens to dance and enjoy themselves while also allowing black viewers to feel positively represented in popular media.
At the time, Washington, DC was wrought with political turmoil as uprisings emerged throughout the city. Media sources often utilized the riots to villainize African-American citizens, and for many young black people, they had little to no positive representation on television or in popular media. "Teenarama" served as a positive outlet for marginalized teens to dance and enjoy themselves while also allowing black viewers to feel positively represented in popular media.
Creator
Lindsay-Johnson, Beverly
Source
Grant- 18-DCCHP-02
Publisher
Kendall Productions
Teenarama Inc.
Humanities DC
Date
2018
Contributor
Clanagan, Dorothy
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Format
MOV
Language
English
Type
Moving Image
Identifier
01.DCCHP.2018
Coverage
Washington, DC
Ward 4
Moving Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
MOV
Duration
22:29
Producer
Lindsay-Johnson, Beverly
Director
Lindsay-Johnson, Beverly
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